The line that caught my attention for being so attrocious grammatically was the "Them are Here" line right at the end of the commercial. It plays as an "Abott and Costello" routine regarding the use of "Them," "They," and "you."
The befuddled woman first says "They are them?" The real sentence, fragment or otherwise, should have been "Those (rates) are theirs?"
A second question the befuddled actress asks makes my head spin a little more: "Are you them?" So, you are you. They are they. Them are them? Yours are yours and those are theirs. Just reflecting on these phrases sends shivers through my body.
I went to the Merriam Webster site to look up the definition of them. THEY state "used as the subject of a verb chiefly in nonstandard speech for humorous effect."
Is them fighting words? Humerous or annoying? You decide.
If you want more examples of "Progressive Gammar" check out yesterday's post here.
You can also return to this blog tomorrow for more Flo-isms. We haveth more improper grammar from Progressive than we knowth whateth to doith withith.
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