On-Sight???

[rjoubert]

I saw a service van for "Nerds On Call" (a computer repair service) on the highway today. As I passed the van I glanced at the back window and saw some advertising text that read On-sight service. I'm thinking that is wrong, and should read On-site service. Is the use of On-sight acceptable here?

 

[SQLSister]

On-sight is incorrect. Sight and site have different meanings.

Reminds me of an incompetent co-worker I had who used to try to get customers to buy our services building web-sights.

"NOTHING is more important in a database than integrity." ESquared

 

[rjoubert]

On-Sight = "I see you, now come over here and fix my PC"

That's what I thought too. I don't think I'll be calling these "Nerds" when I have PC issues.

 

[LeeMcCauslin]

Perhaps they were trying to be clever - "fix on-sight" might be akin to "shoot on sight"?

I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt but I imagine it really is just a matter of nerds skipping english class for lan parties.

"Dyin'? Boy, He can have this little life any time He wants to. Do Ya hear that? Are ya hearin' it? Come on. You're welcome to it, Ol' Timer. Let me know You're up there. Come on. Love me, hate me, kill me, anything. Just let me know it... I'm just standin' in the rain talkin' to myself."

 

[SkipVought]

Maybe it means that you can flag them down on-sight to get on-site service.

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[rjoubert]

Lee, I told a friend about this and he thought the same thing...that they were trying to be clever. I didn't think so. It just made them look uneducated.

I googled them and found their web-sight . They use the correct word there. I felt compelled to email them to notify them of the error.

 

[gbaughma]

Reminds me of the old BBS days....

My friend ran a BBS, and the banner page said "Welcome to **** BBS! Open 7 days a weak!"



Just my 2¢

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com

 

[tcsbiz]

My friend ran a BBS, and the banner page said "Welcome to **** BBS! Open 7 days a weak!"

This reminds me of an advertisement that ran in the local paper. It was for a dentist who "accepted new patients weakly". His intent was to meet with new patients once a week.

 

[SantaMufasa]

Reminds me of the wedding announcement we received recently:

The bride and groom request the pleasure of your presents at a reception in their honor...

Needless to say, the happy couple was not blessed with our presence or our presents.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”

 

[mintjulep]

Veni Vidi Restitui

I came, I saw, I repaired

 

[acl03]

This makes me think of the time that Norm Macdonald was on the Conan O'Brien show. He was ripping apart Courtney Thorne-Smith for doing a movie with Carrot-Top. It's one of my favorite talk show appearences of all time.

When she said it was called "Chariman of the Bored", he responded, "Yeah, I bet the bored is spelled B-O-R-E-D".

In fact, here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoLm-vD89SQ

Thanks,
Andrew

Hard work often pays off over time, but procrastination pays off right now!

 

[GSCaupling]

I vote for it being lazy English.

For some reason, it reminds me of an old coworker who was a Type A+ personality - EVERYTHING was an emergency. However, he always said he needed things [red]ASP[/red] instead of ASAP. His deadly earnestness made it all the more comical.

GS

[Green]******^*******
[small]I[/small] [small]Hate[/small] [♥] [small]Ambiguity.[/small][/green]

 

[BadBigBen]

Them being Nerds, they probably where too lazy to proof read, what the ad-company, that did the decals, messed up (or they played a joke on them for not paying the bills the last time)...



Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[Guest_imported]

Much as I love the English language (and one of the courses I wrote and present is about report writing), I'm past the point of getting pedantic about it. I can't fix PCs too well, so if those nerds can fix my PC when it's stuffed, I don't really give a rat's about their spelling.

Jim Brown,
Tech writer and training consultant,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
My time is GMT+2

“Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!” (Chapman, Cleese et al, 1975)

 

[manhunter2826]

Could be an error on their part (most probably, yes) but could potentially be a play on words.