The verbal comments book

[PengTheMerciless]

Sign in my local leisure centre:

"If you would like to leave any feedback about the centre, please ask for the verbal comments book which is kept behind reception."

[mammatulip]

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[SquonkTheBeerGuru]

does it look like this?

[Mumsnut]

If it had said 'oral comments book', it would have been wrong/nonsensical.

But 'verbal comments' surely means 'made via the medium of words' so comments could be written ones.

IMHO.

Pedantic enough?

[Threadworm]

Surely the problem with it is that all comments made by the medium of words (written or spoken)are verbal -- therefore the qualification 'verbal' was unnecessary.

It reminds me of a sign in Oxford: 'All unauthorised vehicles will be removed mechanically.'

That made me wonder what the alternative to mechanical removal was -- chemical (dissolved in acid)? Psycho-kinetic?

[maidamess]

I saw a sign on the toilets in Birdworld today and thought of the pedants on Mn.
3 words:

"Floor maybe wet"

[PengTheMerciless]

See, I thought verbal meant spoken. I stand corrected and shall tone down my eyeball rolling accordingly.

I like 'floor maybe wet'.

[asicsgirl]

So what should I do with my non-verbal comments?