Sept 17th, 2018: The Manhattan

xoxoxoBruce • Sep 16, 2018 10:09 pm
Since Trump gave you that huge tax cut don’t you think it’s about time to free yourself from those ghastly flying bus commercial
airlines with surly cabin attendants and rigid schedules. Go where you want, when you want, in a manner you and your guests deserve.
Why settle for a Bombardier or Gulfstream when you can move up to an Embraer Manhattan.

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The Manhattan is as sophisticated as New York City style itself. Deep mahogany wood panels, brass and gold trim and rich jewel hues provide the perfect backdrop for adventure. Beautiful artwork in the entry includes a distinctive metallic mural, reminiscent of the iconic art deco mural in the Empire State Building. Guests can meet in the Cloud Club, a luxury lounge with décor inspired by the Chrysler building. The Cloud Club features a cosmopolitan style bar with retractable bar stools, vintage sconces and a mohair/lambskin divan. One of the key features of this gorgeous space is the panoramic city loft window inspired by Jean-Michel Frank designs. The Manhattan evokes a timeless elegance with touches of grand iconic style. Warm wooden flooring, rich accents and brass light treatments throughout the aircraft create a clubby atmosphere, ideal for the flow of cocktails and conversation.


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For dinner options, look no further than The Crystal Room, an enclave that allows six passengers at a time to dine privately, in perfectly appointed style. The Manhattan’s Park Avenue style is evident in the plush divans and rich color schemes. Experience the splendor of a bygone era while enjoying the latest in advanced flight avionics and bespoken designs.


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New York aficionados will delight at the Manhattan, an aircraft with design flourishes that reflect styles curated from New York’s top interior designers. Welcome aboard opulent luxury, exquisite elegance and rich experience.


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Clodfobble • Sep 16, 2018 10:36 pm
"bespoken" [emoji38]
xoxoxoBruce • Sep 16, 2018 11:00 pm
Well you know them furiners don't talk gooder English like us do. :blush:
sexobon • Sep 16, 2018 11:06 pm
If you have to change flights, the The Manhattan Transfer will sing your itinerary.
Gravdigr • Sep 17, 2018 3:43 am
Clodfobble;1015310 wrote:
"bespoken" [emoji38]


I stumbled over that, too, but...
Clodfobble • Sep 17, 2018 6:28 pm
Just 'cuz it's a word don't mean they used it correctly.

Experience the splendor of a bygone era while enjoying the latest in advanced flight avionics and bespoken designs.


They're implying that someone said the designs out loud.
Happy Monkey • Sep 17, 2018 6:40 pm
Wouldn't that be the audiobook of The Great Gatsby?
Clodfobble • Sep 17, 2018 6:48 pm
Or maybe all the passengers are blind.
lumberjim • Sep 17, 2018 6:49 pm
I've heard that recently on Goblin Works Garage (British show on Velocity). From context I took it to mean 'custom made' or 'one off'


be·spoke
bəˈspōk/

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[*]1.
past of bespeak.




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adjectiveBritish

adjective: bespoke

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[*]1.
(of goods, especially clothing) made to order.
"a bespoke suit"


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[*](of a trader) creating made-to-order goods.
"bespoke tailors"


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Clodfobble • Sep 17, 2018 6:51 pm
Right. So it should be "bespoke" designs. The adjective can't be put in the past tense like the verb can. You are not a "larged" man.
lumberjim • Sep 17, 2018 6:59 pm
well, some times I get Larged.
sexobon • Sep 17, 2018 7:00 pm
I got the impression that bespoken here meant indicated referring back to the latest in advanced.

Experience the splendor of a bygone era while enjoying the latest in advanced flight avionics and bespoken designs.


Is saying:

Experience the splendor of a bygone era while enjoying the latest in advanced flight avionics and the latest in advanced designs.

(eliminating the redundancy)
Clodfobble • Sep 17, 2018 9:41 pm
I will not turn this into a shark/dolphin//squirrel/tree//airplane/treadmill discussion.

I will not turn this into a shark/dolphin//squirrel/tree//airplane/treadmill discussion.

I will not turn this into a shark/dolphin//squirrel/tree//airplane/treadmill discussion.
sexobon • Sep 17, 2018 10:46 pm
^bespeaks deconfliction^
Glinda • Sep 18, 2018 3:27 pm
lumberjim;1015362 wrote:
well, some times I get Larged.


I prefer to get small. :rolleyes:
Gravdigr • Sep 18, 2018 5:48 pm
Had a sleepover at the bartendress' house.

When it all started, I was larged. When it all was over, I was somehow ensmalled. And enshrivelled.

But, great fun was had on the way to The Ensamllening.

Great fun.

:doit:
lumberjim • Sep 18, 2018 5:50 pm
I just saw Bespoke used in some video about something. I think it may become one of those annoying words that has a huge comeback.
Gravdigr • Sep 18, 2018 5:53 pm
So, 'bespoked' means like a bicycle/motorcycle wheel?
glatt • Sep 18, 2018 5:55 pm
Bespoke can just go back under the rock it came out of. I first heard it in the last year or two, and you are right that it is increasing in frequency. Somebody ought to do one of those Google trend word searches to back me up.
Undertoad • Sep 18, 2018 6:09 pm
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=bespoke

Now, change the date range to last 12 months - or less - and check in which subregion it's most popular.
Flint • Sep 18, 2018 6:12 pm
"Bespoke" is something made by hipsters. You buy it at a pretentious shop, and they charge way too much for it. It's one level worse than artisanal.

"Bespoken" is the wrong word in this context. It's basically a typo.
Undertoad • Sep 18, 2018 6:12 pm
In fact, here it is if you just isolate DC over the last 5 years:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US-DC&q=bespoke

Pretty remarkable and you are definitely in touch with lingo of your region!
Gravdigr • Sep 18, 2018 6:39 pm
One off = bespoke
Clodfobble • Sep 18, 2018 7:16 pm
It's a word that comes and goes with the economy. Custom, personalized fashion is something rich people pay for, and there is a lot less of a demand for it in a recession.
sexobon • Sep 18, 2018 9:33 pm
lumberjim;1015409 wrote:
… I think it may become one of those annoying words that has a huge comeback.


Irregardless, its use will remain divisive.
glatt • Sep 18, 2018 10:04 pm
Undertoad;1015421 wrote:
In fact, here it is if you just isolate DC over the last 5 years:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US-DC&q=bespoke

Pretty remarkable and you are definitely in touch with lingo of your region!



Sweet! Thank you
xoxoxoBruce • Sep 18, 2018 10:05 pm
Are you sure you aren't my second EX, that was her pet word and her passion was stirring shit. :eyebrow:
sexobon • Sep 18, 2018 10:24 pm
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sexobon • Sep 18, 2018 11:02 pm
Experience the splendor of a bygone era while enjoying the latest in advanced flight avionics and bespoken designs.


Flint;1015420 wrote:
… "Bespoken" is the wrong word in this context. It's basically a typo.


Yeah, no.

The adjective "bespoken" means "ordered, commissioned, arranged for" and is first cited from 1607

New York aficionados will delight at the Manhattan, an aircraft with design flourishes that reflect styles curated from New York’s top interior designers.


"Bespoken" is perfectly cromulent in this context.
xoxoxoBruce • Sep 18, 2018 11:27 pm
I doubt many linguists or english professors will be buying these babies. :headshake
sexobon • Sep 18, 2018 11:36 pm
As a peasant English speaker who doesn't hobnob with linguists or english [sic] professors, you don't have to worry about that. :yesnod:
sexobon • Sep 19, 2018 1:10 am
Gravdigr;1015411 wrote:
So, 'bespoked' means like a bicycle/motorcycle wheel?


Is tricksy; because, "bespoken" means "engaged" as in "She bespoken for." :lol:

bespoken (not comparable)

(obsolete) betrothed or engaged to be married (compare with: spoken for)
Glinda • Sep 19, 2018 1:31 am
Gravdigr;1015408 wrote:
Had a sleepover at the bartendress' house.

When it all started, I was larged. When it all was over, I was somehow ensmalled. And enshrivelled.

But, great fun was had on the way to The [COLOR="DarkRed"]Ensamllening[/COLOR].


I am a word geek of a slightly aberrant nature, and while this isn't actually a word, it absolutely should be.

I am officially in love. :love:
Gravdigr • Sep 19, 2018 5:07 am
Glinda;1015448 wrote:
I am a word geek of a slightly aberrant nature, and while this isn't actually a word, it absolutely should be.

I am officially in love. :love:


Oh, it's a word, baby!

Our word!
Gravdigr • Sep 19, 2018 5:09 am
Heh, that's a fun thread.
Griff • Sep 22, 2018 9:01 am
I'll bespoken tomorrow morning. That means I'll have to hand-set my alarm.
Gravdigr • Sep 22, 2018 4:40 pm
I will be besmoken a little later today.

Bemoken - adj - Stoned
Carruthers • Sep 23, 2018 6:59 am
Probably not much call for one of the these on your bizjet, but at least it would be in good company with all the other bespooky stuff.

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fargon • Sep 23, 2018 7:40 am
Their marketing person needed to pay attention in class, that is a fourth grade vocabulary word.
Carruthers • Sep 23, 2018 8:19 am
fargon;1015658 wrote:
Their marketing person needed to pay attention in class, that is a fourth grade vocabulary word.


It's a term I've always associated with the tailoring trade, a 'bespoke suit' being made to measure as against 'off the peg'.
It seems to have an honourable enough past:

Perhaps the most famous customer in the Benson & Clegg ledgers is His Majesty King George VI
The King had originally been a customer of the company whilst holding the title of His Royal Highness The Duke of York back in 1937, but following his accession to the throne Benson & Clegg were formally granted the honour of the Royal Warrant as his bespoke tailors.


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Separated by a Common Language,
Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK, is an interesting blog:

Incidentally, if a tailor makes you a suit in the UK, it's said to be a bespoke suit.
In the US we'd say tailored or made-to-measure, which is perfectly sayable in the UK too.
Anything that's made to personal specifications can be bespoke.
Checking the web, I got "bespoke vehicles", "bespoke network solutions", "bespoke mirrors", "bespoke browbands" (for horses).


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Clodfobble • Sep 23, 2018 9:27 am
It just occurred to me that every public speech is also bespoke at the time of its creation (except that one Melania's staff plagiarized.)
Griff • Nov 11, 2018 7:27 am
Can't even drink my coffee without being bespoken to...
fargon • Nov 11, 2018 7:56 am
that is a better use of the word than in the Patio Room advertisement.