Sunday, July 12, 2009

Abbreviated purchases

When I was taking a close interest in supermarket receipts & VAT I started to take note of the strange abbreviations used for some items. I expect I knew what they were at the time, but many just leave me bemused now

Which makes me wonder what a Telegraph journalist would have made of them if my receipts were of as much interest as an MPs - or how many guilty secrets he might have missed

PEAR CONFERENCE LSE

TGR NDL THAI H&S

RDX BATH STRESS

AUSSIE CONDTNR

IND Q LORRAINE

SPARK LMN/LIME

MLLR AMR WAL&HNY

LUX C/RICE PUD

YV ORG W/M YGRT

SGSTSTEM/BCORN

DE PURE INDULGE

FAVOURITE SEL

SURG SPIRIT

SGL STM CRT SS

PEAS/TRAD&PEA

HADD-CUMB

BTS ULT TOWEL

/BEET/TOM/CHRY

IND ROYALE

BASIC BRI

SA FT PWDR

GUINNESS ORGAL

AH SHRP PEA CUP SOUP

NATURAL WATER

STL TAB WTR

POTATOES BAKING LSE

GN TURKEY BREAST SLC

SAT TIMES

REDUCED

NEW RASP JELLY

EW PORK MEAL

D/RST I/COFFE

IND ROYALE 150G