Not Trying To Be A Grammar Nazi, But...

[juniorthomas]

...this sorta bugs me a little. Lately I've been noticing an odd slogan at the end of Disney Parks TV advertisements:

"Disney Parks: The Place Where Dreams Come True!"

Okay, Disney Parks, the Place where dreams come true? Shouldn't it instead be: Disney Parks: The Places Where Dreams Come True"?

I'm nowhere near perfect with my grammar skills, so maybe I'm just reading too much into this. But for some reason the way the slogan is worded sounds like fingernails on the chalkboard. Sure, you could say: "Walt Disney World: The Place Where Dreams Come True". But a plural noun like Disney Parks? They obviously know what they're doing, so maybe I'm just off base. But this just sounds awkward (imo). What's next? "Police Officers: The Person Who Upholds The Law."

I. LOVE. This.

Their copy team has been incredibly mediocre lately. Disney: Limited Time Magic. Really? That's the best they could do? Somebody was given money to spout infomercial talk to us. Sheesh.

 

[Mammymouse]

LOL good idea! I'm overdue an excursion to the Disney Parkse's. Maybe that is the whole problems.

Oh boy, now you sound like a Rhode Islander, with the extra "ses" at the end of a word like "it costses too much".

 

[Mammymouse]

So, should he have said "Good morning", "Bad Night", Terrible Twilight"?

Ah the grammar wars continue........

 

[Nemo14]

Oh boy, now you sound like a Rhode Islander, with the extra "ses" at the end of a word like "it costses too much".

Nah - too many "R"s (or is that "R"ses?)

 

[Bob Saget]

You can use the term "Disney Parks" with several various accents. For example...

English: "Disney Parks"
New Jersey: "Doisney Poiks"
New England: "Disnay Paaks"
Swedish Chef: "Dersney Perks"
Southern: "Dollywood!"
Sean Connery: "Dishney Parksh"
Canadian: "Disney Parks, aye?"
Velociraptor: "Roaaarrr!"
Me: "It's Walt Disney World, dang it, WALT DISNEY WORLD!!"

 

[unkadug]

I wondered what happened to this thread...OH...here it is.

 

[Nemo14]

I wondered what happened to these thread...OH...here it is.

fixed it for you!

 

[disneysince71]

What were we talking about Bob Saget?

 

[Nemo14]

behind his back?

 

[disneysince71]

behind his back?

 

[Bob Saget]

Woa, woa, WOA! Bad form!!

 

[unkadug]

Woa, woa, WOA! Bad form!!

What's a "WOA"?

 

[Nemo14]

What's a "WOA"?

Wacky Old Animal?

 

[Nemo14]

Wandering On Aimlessly

 

[Nemo14]

Washed-up Old Actor?

 

[unkadug]

Washed-up Old Actor?

That's GOT to be it.

 

[Nemo14]

Poor Bob!

 

[Tiggerish]

LOL good idea! I'm overdue an excursion to the Disney Parkse's. Maybe that is the whole problems.

There he goes again, abusing apostrophes.

 

[Tiggerish]

For some reason, I stopped getting alerts when this thread updated. I have some catching up to do:

Too many spaces between the end of "agree" and your exclamation mark.

Unnecessary use of a question mark.

Wait a minute now, I thought I was the Princess of Punctuation. Your purpose here is to discuss plurality(?) (pluralness?) (pluralism?) (I'm lost)

So, should he have said "Good morning", "Bad Night", Terrible Twilight"?

That's more of a movie review, isn't it?

And us love having you as part of it!

Disney Parks: This be where magic is & happy are!

I think you're finally getting the hang of it, Bob! You're ready to send your resume to the TWDC's Marketing Department.



Gosh, I love the hilarity that is this thread.