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Selling at the sale
04th April 2009
Photo by Zaw Towers
I’ve noticed lately that a lot of people have trouble with the words ’sell’ and ’sale’. Maybe it’s a Southern thing, maybe it’s not. I don’t know. (Clearly based on the photo from Manchester, England it’s not. You learn something new every day.) My theory (which is mine) is that with a Southern accent they sound really similar. I know it’s not a spelling issue because you never see ’sail’ used in the wrong place. I saw a sign the other day that said ‘We sale garages’ when combined with all the ‘For Sell’ sign I see I can only conclude there’s a problem. In an effort to make life a little better, I’m going to straighten things out.
Sell is something you do. Sale is something that is. You can sell sombody a paperback at the book sale. You can’t sale a book at the book sell.
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