Anything over 8" is too much, anywayFollow

Semantics though. The word "a" substitutes for the number "1". If an ad says "our subs are a foot long", then they're claiming a specific length for their subs. If they say "come in an enjoy our foot long subs", the words "foot long" can simply be a marketing label and is not a claim of specific length. In the same way that calling your car lot "the mile of cars", doesn't require having a mile of cars. But if you actually say "we have a mile of cars" in your ad, then you are making that claim (and if the film is any indication, hilarity then ensues).

Everything about that statement is stupid and incorrect. That you believe otherwise is just another example among hundreds (or is it thousands, by now) of exactly how delusional you are when it comes to your own ignorance.

It's also incredibly amazing the lengths at which you'll go to defend the indefensible to further that delusional state of mind, even with the other side acknowledges the real facts however contrary they may be to your own "interpretation".

http://imgur.com/xDiUOwu

You guys are just being manipulated by media over-dramatization at gun point. If you discarded those details, you'd absolutely see it's all semantics and the math is irrelevant.

I wouldn't want my sandwich to look like that anyway. I have a hard enough time keeping the fillings inside the bread ever since they started slicing from the side, rather than the v-cut they used to do. Most of the contents of a sandwich like that would probably end up anywhere but my mouth.

Nope. Everything about that statement is intelligent and incorrect.




Uh huh. Which precisely fits into this statement I made:



You seem to be under the mistaken impression that I'm defending Subway (or even care about whether Subway loses a lawsuit), so if Subway is wrong, then I'm wrong. I'm defending the use of the words "foot long" as a marketing label rather than a specific measurement. The problem with Subway is that they actually did use a measurement of 1 foot in their ad. That's why they're getting sued over the length of their subs.

The fact that this image is the proof that Subway was making a false claim is also proof of the point I'm making.

No, it doesn't. "A foot" or "1 foot" means one foot. One foot equals 12 inches. "Foot" is a word which can refer to a unit of measurement or a part of the body. By itself we can't assume anything more than that.



You should have paid more attention to all the grades since first grade.

It's a cup, and it has soup. So yes.

It's not "the proof", it's just part of the evidence of the case. It's also an easy way to shut down the "But foot long can mean anything!" argument without having to deal with dipshits who don't understand English. Or Imperial units of measurement. Which I guess for the US are called United States customary units. Go figure.

No, that is not how English works.

Absent a modifier, "foot" is obviously singular. As in "one".

"This meter long eel is responsible for 90% of diver deaths per year"
"I'm going to need the inch wide bolt"
"The mile long trek up Landmine Hill is filled with land mines."
"I'll take the foot long sub" -- "OMG I have no idea how long that should be! You didn't say 'one' foot so it could mean anything!"

Someone advertising a "Mile of Savings" would imply that there is a singular mile (5,280 feet) of savings but you'd probably be safe with the hyperbole since there's no material damage to coming and finding out that there's only 2,500' of savings. On the other hand, someone advertising "Mile long city tours" and then kicking you off the bus after two blocks would likely find themselves at the losing end of a complaint.

I'll have to take your word for it.