Help explain a new word to me

by ParisB on August 15, 2007

I like The Sun newspaper because its free. I also like it because there is less propaganda in it compared to the other mainstream papers.

However, I suppose being a free newspaper has its drawbacks. For example, they may have problems with hiring their copywriters or proof-readers.

This is a picture of the Classifieds section of The Sun newspaper, taken with my crappy camera phone. Against a background of things you can advertise in the classifieds for, I suddenly spotted this, between “refrigerators” and “domestic help”:

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Its not very clear, but the word is “FRIEDSHIP“. If you have any copy of The Sun paper lying near you, flip over to the first page of the Classifieds. I spotted this on Monday and its still here today (Wednesday) so I think its been around for a long time.

My English not very good. Can anyone explain what “friedship” is? The closest I could get was maybe goreng pisang (fried bananas). ;)

So tell me: What is “friedship” to you and what would you advertise in the classifieds under this section?

{ 6 comments }

rinnah August 15, 2007 at 6:20 pm

Friedship occurs when friends hate/flame each other? I know… it’s a place for you to advertise how much you dislike so-and-so who used to be your ex-BFF. LOL!

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Giddy Tiger August 16, 2007 at 12:09 am

“Friedship” is the relationship between two people who share a common interest in bad spellings.

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simple american August 16, 2007 at 5:11 am

That would be someone living in the Freidberg community in Germany. *kof*

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ParisB August 16, 2007 at 11:31 am

Rinnah: haha… that’s a good one!

Giddy Tiger: And that’s easier to find than we realise!

Simple American: Ooh pun! pun!

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Leah August 16, 2007 at 2:52 pm

My little brother used to get kids in the neighborhood to sign up for the International Pen Pal Club(so he could get free pen-pals for every 3 people that signed up). And when my late grandma wanted to know what did he sell, he would answer in his typical one sentence reply “selling friends”. :-)

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may August 19, 2007 at 11:13 pm

maybe that’s a new form of apprenticeship for fried chicken?

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