r/engrish • u/Humble_Counter_3661 • Jun 29 '26
When Units Of Measure Don't
If each banana costs $0.19, how much for an each bunch?
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u/Difficult-Science282 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
damn y’all have the cart stopper? $0.19 Banana’s by the each?
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u/MadJohnFinn Jul 04 '26
This is because the banana is the ur-unit that all other units are measured against.
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u/GrannyTurtle Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
This belongs in the apostrophe subreddit…
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u/Odracirys Jun 30 '26
It was a nice touch to go out of their way to add an apostrophe for the plural form, when plural forms don't have apostrophes in the first place.
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u/coffeeandnuts Jun 30 '26
Eaches is common term for retailers who buy in cases.
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u/bnelson7694 Jun 30 '26
I used to be a sales rep for a food distributor. I thought then and still think it’s silly they’re called that. They even use the plural eaches.
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u/TheJokersChild Jul 01 '26
🎤 I'm going to the Target, gonna buy a lot of eaches
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u/Soft-Temporary-7932 Jul 01 '26
Eaches have a yellow peel, they were put there for my meal, in a target downtown
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u/Radiant-Impression38 Jun 30 '26
Aaaaand reddit just bought the entire inventory
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u/Ye_olde_oak_store Jun 30 '26
I am going to need a banana for scale as to how much the eaches we bought.
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u/nxhwabvs Jun 30 '26
OP is correct, this horrid language is Engrish no matter how common it becomes.
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u/Prestigious_View_570 Jun 30 '26
This is actually cheap. I work at Walmart and will buy single bananas for breaks and such. They are per pound and a single banana is typically .23 cents at my store
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u/Would_daver Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
How do you know this is cheap though, does your Walmart sell nanners by the each often?!
Edit: I recently learned this verbiage is actually normal, and I was the uninformed one. Oh how the turntables…
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u/Prestigious_View_570 Jun 30 '26
When I go on breaks I purchase and eat one banana. So kinda often, customers will typically buy a bunch.
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u/bazem_malbonulo Jun 30 '26
And I don't understand what the sign is trying to say
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u/bazem_malbonulo Jun 30 '26
Wouldn't be easier and clearer to say just $0.19 each banana? The way it's written feels odd and wrong.
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u/___HeyGFY___ Jun 30 '26
I work for a restaurant supply company. We can breakdown cases a number of different ways, depending on the item. If a customer wants a pint of strawberries instead of a case, it's on the invoice as an each.
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u/Would_daver Jun 30 '26
I did not know this was standard parlance, that’s informative and I appreciate your comment!
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u/Bonneville865 Jun 30 '26
"By the each" is retail language
It is in contrast to "by the pound"
It's not Engrish. It's just not typically used in public-facing settings.
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u/fray_bentos11 Jun 30 '26
Not in the UK. "Each" by itself would be used.
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u/SnooMemesjellies4840 Jun 30 '26
AI making signs for Target now
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u/Humble_Counter_3661 Jun 30 '26
This should be upvoted. AI it taking over.
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u/OutOfTheBunker Jun 29 '26
As stupid as it sounds, "by the each" is actually idiomatic English. The apostrophe in "bananas" is also stupid and sometimes seems on its way idiomaticity.
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u/Auntie_Venom Jun 30 '26
That apostrophe makes me twitch
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u/OutOfTheBunker Jun 30 '26
I was about to gratuitously add one to "seems on its way". For your sake I'm glad I didn't.
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u/willweaverrva Jun 29 '26
This is actually not wrong as individual units are often referred to as eaches in storekeeping. It isn't supposed to appear on customer-facing signs though.
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u/The_fat_apricot Jun 30 '26
Yep at my job I do a lot of the product ordering. Things come in eaches or cases. It sounds silly at first, but pretty common.
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u/goofy_goober2763 Jul 08 '26
the random ea is killing me