Re: Shopping/Touristy Vocabulary

How 'bout . . .

Have you ever seen any thing so tacky?
Who would wear that?
One size fits all
Do you have it in a XXXXXLT?
What?  You don't have it in a 2?
I need a 9EEE/ 5AAA.
Ma'am/Sir that *isn't* going to fit.
Oh sir/ma'am, that is so YOU!
We have just the thing!
You call THAT a melon?  It looks more like a
dehydrated lemon!
You want what?  You must be out of your mind!  This is
cotton not cloth-of-gold!
Come on, you can give me a better price than that!
Attention K-Mart shoppers, there's a bluelight special
in children's shoes . . .
(Labor Day) Sale.
20% off (or 80% on if you do it the Chinese way!)
Buy one get free.
A special gift to our valued customers
Bring a friend and get 20% off (or 80% on --see above)
your next sea weed body wrap!
Once a year, and only once a year the Men's Warehouse
has a sale.

Don't you go to that little room till I get through
telling you about Lynn Smith Auto Sales.  Why, we've
got more cars and trucks than you can toss a cow chip
across. Take this '79 Ford T-bird for just $599 or
this '76 International pickup truck, complete with
sideboards, for just $699. Deals like these just can't
be beat. So come on down to Lynn Smith Auto Sales and
we get you set on wheels.  Now you can go to that
little room. *blink*

Adam who really should have helped himself but just
couldn't resist

--- Sarah Marie Parker-Allen <lloannna@...>
wrote:
> Does anyone happen to have any sources of vocabulary
> related to... ummm...
> the more commercialized aspects of daily life?  If,
> for example, one wanted
> to write a guide to Disneyland in a conlang, is
> there a useful list of words
> that you'd need?  I've been culling ideas from cheap
> tourist language books,
> but I feel like I'm going to be missing a lot of
> practical words.  And of
> course, when you actually walk around Disneyland
> asking employees what kinds
> of questions Guests ask them, none of them can come
> up with anything beyond
> "where's the bathroom" and "how much does this cost"
> (with a little bit of
> "what time is the fireworks/parade/etc." thrown in
> on the side)...  I've
> been trying to think of what else people ask me, but
> it's hard.  Darn it, my
> conculture has shopping malls, too.
>
> (I've got the following, beyond those sorts of
> phrases, so far:
>
> Where can I buy ...?
> What would you like?
> Show me ...
> Do you have any ...?
> I don't like this
> I'll take it
> Could you wrap it, please?
> I'm just looking
> Can I try it on?
> These shoes are tight
> This is not my size
> Do you have a larger size?
> Do you have a smaller size?
> I'd like another color
> I'd like to return the purchase and get a refund
> Can I listen this cassette (this disk)?
> Where's the cashdesk/register?
> How much is this?
> Please, write it down
> That's too expensive
> Haven't you anything cheaper?)
>
> Sarah Marie Parker-Allen
> lloannna@surfside.net
> http://lloannna.blogspot.com
> http://www.geocities.com/lloannna.geo
>
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