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semantics
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 10:57 am
by slparry
Apparently "BMW dealers" are no longer to refer to themselves as "dealers" and are to use "retailers" instead.
Too many bad connotations with "dealer" .... arms dealer, drug dealer etc
Re: semantics
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:19 am
by fontana
slparry wrote:
Too many bad connotations with "dealer" .... arms dealer, drug dealer etc
DODGY dealer
Re: semantics
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 6:20 pm
by Blackal
slparry wrote:Apparently "BMW dealers" are no longer to refer to themselves as "dealers" and are to use "retailers" instead.
Too many bad connotations with "dealer" .... arms dealer, drug dealer etc
I guess the term "Dealer Principal" is also a casualty.
Sounds like it has gone the way of "passenger" on airlines - no such thing now - they are called "customers".
The ultimate - was the casualty of the PC brigade of...... "pupil" you now get "Teacher & Learner".....
Mind you - it will hopefully be the end of that distinctly un-funny "at my local stealers"....... Oh god - there goes another rib!
Al
