in Waterstone's young readers section today...

[MaryAnnSmotheredinchocolate]

..a sign which said
'Bored of teenage books ?'
I was going to correct it but dh stopped me....

[MaryAnnSmotheredinchocolate]

no one outraged ? dh wasn't especially

[UnderRated]

I am!

You should have changed it. Or told someone.

[WanderingTrollegg]

I'm always saying 'bored of.'

But I wouldn't paste it up in public if I worked in a bookshop.

[MaryAnnSmotheredinchocolate]

yes, I should - I might have if on my own !

[UnderRated]

Was it a printed sign or a hand written one? I think you should email them.

[UnderRated]

(I think I am guilty of saying it too but would never write it)

[MaryAnnSmotheredinchocolate]

printed, probably in store as it was on copying paper -

[UnderRated]

Which Waterstone's was it? Perhaps another Pedant can pop in tomorrow with a marker and change it on your behalf?

[Pavlovthecat]

For a bookshop, that is pretty bad really!

[CrackerOfNuts]

Should it be 'Bored with' then ??

[WanderingTrollegg]

Christ, UnderRated, that's restrained.

I vote we march on said Waterstone's with burning effigies of the word 'OF' (can you have an effigy of a word....?) and a grammatically correct chant. Some of us can dress up as red biros, and we can use flashcards as missiles.

[UnderRated]

Actually, thinking about this, why is it bored with? What is the explanation? I know that is right but I don't know why.

[UnderRated]

lol WanderingTrolley

[cupsoftea]

why can't you be bored of something?

[WanderingTrollegg]

Yes, should be 'bored with.'

[UnderRated]

But why?

[WanderingTrollegg]

Not sure why - correct prepositions to use with 'bored' are 'with' and 'by.' Can't think of any others.

[UnderRated]

Yes, 'with' or 'by'. I need to research this. I think I should know why. But I don't.

[MaryAnnSmotheredinchocolate]

I would feel a bit shy about actually challenging them - I wonder whether they'd be embarrassed or just think what the feck I'm fussing about. In my day (ex Waterstone's employee) this would have never happened !

[UnderRated]

Exactly! How standards are slipping