Article 91810 of alt.peeves:
From: holroyd@netIHATESPAMspace.net.au (Robyn Holroyd)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Desecration of Language (Any Language!)
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 12:13:50 GMT
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I had the misfortune of visiting the bank yesterday.  In the eon which
passed while I waited in the queue,  I had plenty of opportunities to
read the many signs which littered the walls and counter tops.

One which caught my eye read:

Encashment of foreign currency may incur a processing fee.

"Encashment."  "ENCASHMENT!"  What kind of word is "encashment".

If they must fill their signs with made-up words and so much crap that
your average person can't make sense of it, at least they should have
the decency to do a proper job of it.

My preferred option would be:

Encashment of foreignated currencified paper and coinellated metal may
result in the incurrment of a fee for the processment of the
encashment.

Dickheads.


Robyn
(I must be getting old!)