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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2004"Thank you for your custom"
"Thank you for your custom." Is the above considered valid/good usage of the word "custom", when trying to say: "Thank you, customer, for buying stuff from my retail outlet"? Many thanks... Frank > "Thank you for your custom." > Is the above considered valid/good usage of the word "custom", when > trying to say: "Thank you, customer, for buying stuff from my retail > outlet"? Valid. But pretty old-fashioned. > > "Thank you for your custom." > > Is the above considered valid/good usage of the word "custom", when > > trying to say: "Thank you, customer, for buying stuff from my retail > > outlet"? > > Valid. But pretty old-fashioned. Still quite common in UK. Alan Jones >>In article <3ffd4e82.4920579@news.cis.dfn.de>, >> Frank212@nospam.net (Frank) wrote: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >>Valid. But pretty old-fashioned. Thanks.. It is the most succinct way of making the statement that I can think of. I guess I don't mind being a bit old-fasioned if it saves typing. But any suggestions for a more efficient, less old-fasioned way of saying the same thing would be appreciated. Thanks Frank > >>In article <3ffd4e82.4920579@news.cis.dfn.de>, > >> Frank212@nospam.net (Frank) wrote: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > saves typing. But any suggestions for a more efficient, less > old-fasioned way of saying the same thing would be appreciated. Thank you for your business > > >>In article <3ffd4e82.4920579@news.cis.dfn.de>, > > >> Frank212@nospam.net (Frank) wrote: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thank you for your business That works. In alt.english.usage on Thu, 08 Jan 2004 12:39:04 GMT Frank212@nospam.net (Frank) posted: >"Thank you for your custom." Never heard it. >Is the above considered valid/good usage of the word "custom", when >trying to say: "Thank you, customer, for buying stuff from my retail [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Frank s/ meirman If you are emailing me please say if you are posting the same response. Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years Indianapolis, 7 years Chicago, 6 years Brooklyn NY 12 years Baltimore 20 years |
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