Email from The Club - Grammar Pedantry

iainambler

Ok, I admit it, I am somewhat of a grammar pedant.

So this morning's email from CAFC left me feeling more pedantic than I usually do:

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Subject: Limited spaces still available in Harvey’s for this Saturday’s match

Charlton Athletic will be hosting the Owls here at the Valley on Saturday 1st November, 3pm KO.

There's not a better way to have that match-day experience than to enjoy a pre-match meal for just £25 pp.

The package will consist of:

- Classic Lasagne al Farno (beef lasagne + pasta layered with white sauce + parmesan cheese)
- Severed with homemade oregano garlic + paprika potato wedges
- Mixes salad with black olives fresh herb + olive oil dressing
- Ciabatta garlic bread slices
- Warmed cheery pie served with cream

The package will also consist off:

• Lounge overlooking the pitch
• Match-day programme and team sheet
• Match-day hostess
• Appearance from a CAFC legend

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It could be that with a really nasty cold and having to come in to work today I'm just being a grumpy git, but am I being unreasonable in finding the grammar and spelling shocking?

Brendan_O_Connell

You're not very cheery (pie) today at all are you?

Algarveaddick

At least Asterix didn't make an appearance.

paulie8290

The warmed Cheery pie sounds nice

stoneroses19

Garlic AND paprika on the wedges! Too far, too far.

Macronate

cheery pie sounds promising.

Elthamaddick

you can't have much to do at work !

A-R-T-H-U-R

We will probably lose now because of this spelling and grammar.
I'm furious.

MrLargo

The severed potato wedges sound tasty - quite a brutal way to prepare them though. Surely standard slicing would do, vegetables have feelings too, you know.

ValleyGary

Maybe they've got Igor sending out Emails whilst he's injured

Algarveaddick

"al farno" - even the spelling in Italian leaves a lot to be desired...

Swisdom

At first I thought you were going over the top. then I read it. It doesn't make great reading I must admit.

floydroadfaithfull

Like the sound of a match day hostess no need to take my flask and blanket

Man_About_Town

Should pedantry really have a capital P in the thread Title?

andynelson

I wonder who write's this?

stilladdicted

OK own up, who's making oregano at home? It is actually rather poor though. Prrof; reeders kneeded.

JaShea99

I noticed some pretty basic mistakes in my season ticket renewal letter too. It must be to do with the internal staff restructure.

Lincsaddick

fings aint wot they yust too bee

Dippenhall

stilladdicted said:

OK own up, who's making oregano at home? It is actually rather poor though. Prrof; reeders kneeded.

I'm having a go at homemade oregano garlic.

Stig

There are errors all over the place; the website, the programme, marketing literature. The comms department definitely need a proper system for quality assuring their work before it is published. It looks so shoddy and unprofessional. Just because we're in an age where Twitter is the preferred means of communication, it does not mean that all communications should be reduced to that level of quality. In this case, if I'm paying £25 for a meal I want to know that there's been some care and attention put into it. I have no faith that that's the case though when the people trying to sell it can't even be bothered to spell the name of the main dish correctly. Very bad marketing.

AshBurton

Algarveaddick said:

"al farno" - even the spelling in Italian leaves a lot to be desired...

That must the variation where you get a double helping of beef lasagne and pasta layered with white sauce

lolwray

I dont think thats pedantic at all ...thats a failed gcse grade effort ...all they are doing is marketing their unprofessionalism

someone really needs to have a word ...very poor (unhappy face thingy)

Fanny Fanackapan

Lincsaddick said:

fings aint wot they yust too bee

Shouldn't that be "fingers ", Lincs ?

Fanny Fanackapan

Wouldn't this be formatted by our sooper dooper new catering company though, as opposed to CAFC staff?

soapy_jones

Shocking.

But then I am easily shocked the older I get.

LargeAddick

nice that you get your own lounge overlooking the pitch

Granpa

I have made my decision about the so called sooper doper caterers by bringing my food with me.

Solidgone

I blame these damn computers with so called helpful software that can change typos to something the software wants.....honestly.

kentaddick

Granpa said:

I have made my decision about the so called sooper doper caterers by bringing my food with me.

i knew about bringing a pencil case to the valley, but i didn't think "nik naks" meant the crisps.

LargeAddick

think they should scrap stadium catering. instead we all bring a food and drink contribution and have a big picnic on the pitch from 1pm to 2.30pm. we can return again around 3.45pm for tea and cakes.

se9addick

I'm more worried that our fans need a detailed description of what lasagne consists of