Sale Sell

antofarabiaantofarabia
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Sale - when something is at a good price.  For example, Best Buy had a sale on WII games so I picked up a few.  As opposed to sell, where an employee at Best Buy said he would sell me some WII games.  There is no mention of a good price or a special.

Sell - when you are offering up your item to someone else for a price.  For example, suppose my buddy said he would sell me his entire NES Collection for an XBOX360.

Comments

  • JCJC
    Sale doesn't only mean a good price or a special. For instance: That game on eBay had been for sale for a long time. Sale, as in, waiting for someone to purchase.
  • wrldstrmanwrldstrman
    as opposed to a sail. I sail on a ship.

    cell as in a jail its a wonder anyone can figure out the english language
  • NationalGameDepotNationalGameDepot
    I guess whatever gets the job done works image

    ~~NGD
  • Dr. MorbisDr. Morbis
    Ha ha! I know what this thread is about. It seems NGD finds the use of the word "sell" to be morally reprehensible, and so refuses to use that word at all costs. It's always, "I will sale that one," or, "Here's my buy, sale, trade thread." And recently I've noticed that this has rubbed off on a few other members as well. I've always just bit my tongue, but now I've got to know: what's the story Jason??? image
  • NationalGameDepotNationalGameDepot
    I have even used sail before and no one caught it (or didn't say anything). I just like to keep things entertaining, at least for myself lol.

    ~~NGD
  • DainDain
    I've noticed this as well, but you have to understand something first: in the south, that's what it *does* sound like. "I will sale you my bubble bobble 2" typically sounds exactly as I just wrote it, when someone has a southern accent. Jason is just writing phonetically image



    -Dain
  • BattymoBattymo
    Yeah, I always figured it was just a local dialect... Believe it or not, I've seen this on other forums before...
  • wrldstrmanwrldstrman
    anyone ever watch gallager when he made fun of the english language.



    one i remember is



    we drive on the parkway but park in the driveway
  • dangevindangevin
    ...cargo goes by ship; shipment goes by truck



    ...you have a pair of panties but just one bra



    image



    Gallagher was insightful, if not actually funny hehe.



    BTW here's another arbitrary colloquial distinction:



    FOR sale = any price

    ON sale = reduced price



    Also, the real distinction between sale and sell is: one's a noun, the other's a verb. It's an odd English thing that despite this fundamental difference, their basic meaning/idea is identical unless the context in which they appear modifies their definitio, as I just showed above.



    Similar words:



    sing (v) / song (n)

    shoot (v) / shot (n)

    bleed (v) / blood (n)
  • BootGodBootGod
    Some that always stick in my head:



    pour, poor, pore : all pronounced exactly the same

    tomb, comb, bomb : all pronounced differently



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  • burdgerburdger
    Yeah, I just shake my head every time Jason offers to sale me something. I also just figured it was a dialect thing.



    The one that really gets me is when people use their, there, and they're wrong.
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