Monday, May 25, 2009

Adjectively Speaking

Rod and I were watching a TV channel we don't often view last night, because it was showing the final of the Indian Premier League. The IPL is 20 overs a side, so even I, a decidedly non-cricket fan, find it fast, fun and really rather engaging. At the fall of wicket and at the end of every over, there's a commercial break. As the match reached its climax, and the wickets tumbled (Go Deccan Chargers! Adam Gilchrist - what a star!), we saw lots of commercials. But as we were viewing a channel we don't always see, at least the ads were different from some of those we see so often. One, in particular, grabbed our attention:

Lovely Professional University, Punjab. Transforming Education, Transforming India.

It took us a moment to catch on. They're not adjectives. They're nouns. And really, wouldn't you rather tell people you went to Scunthorpe Polytechnic, than Lovely Professional University?

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