I GO WHERE I'M TOWED TO

Sebastian · September 2015

Where is your sense of humor at?

Nomad · September 2015

Have none when it comes to tag lines ;-)

RZRBUG · September 2015

The success of a slogan is often measured by its recognition and the amount of public discussion it generates. Methinks perhaps that LG may have hit a home run with this one judging by just the amount of space dedicated to it here. I'd bet some PR person somewhere is snickering up his sleeve.

Nomad · September 2015

Doubt it! Probably hiding from embarrassment ;-)

Machak88 · September 2015

Oh no, most certainly not

. The slogan is making people smile as they pass by a t@b (it makes us smile too each time we see it even after all this time), and THAT is truly wonderful.

Nomad · September 2015

So, has this thread been beaten to death yet?

ChanW · September 2015

I go to where I am towed. Therefore I am.

Cat_913 · September 2015

PXLated said:

So, has this thread been beaten to death yet?

And yet you keep coming back, perhaps you go where you'er towed to. ;D

Nomad · September 2015

Just to see what other absurdities are added :-)
Think it's run it's course and is time to close it out.

Michigan_Mike · September 2015

Once again, this is all personal preference (whether to agree or disagree) and something that our forum sponsor Little Guy feels is catchy, a form of advertising and obviously (as shown above) creates conversation and is food for thought. I've owned a Little Guy for 5 years now and will say that 99.9% of the comments about the phrase were positive and most people feel it is cute..... So in as much as each of us have varying opinions about it (as we do likes & dislikes, etc.), we do have to agree to disagree, whatever your opinion is therein.... Just saying

Lil_L's_Sofitel_15 · September 2015

DITTO!

KyBawpaw · October 2015

Funny how different we Tabbers can be! One of the first things we did when we got the T@B home was to peel off the "I go where I'm towed to" letters. My wife and I didn't care for the slogan. Hit our "hokie" button but to each their own.

KyBawpaw · October 2015

Being from the South our upgrade is: "I go where I'm towed to ya'll " Now THAT'S what it needed!

Nomad · November 2015

Not an English major, just a marketing/branding/design guy. Know slogans but couldn't point out a preposition if my life depended on it. AND, don't care that I can't. That's what writers are hired for :-)

Nomad · November 2015

"English is Hard" - No, it's just for English majors not normal people ;-)

RZRBUG · November 2015

English is difficult. If it were easy, everyone would get it right. I retired my red pencil 40 years ago and have never regretted it. I still think "I Go Where I'm Towed To" is an awesome slogan, even if grammatically incorrect.

AND, I consider myself to be a "normal people." Now, there's a sentence you can pick apart with a red pencil.

Nomad · November 2015

Still disagree - Always will ;-)

TabberJohn · April 2017

Here's a quick fix (if the slogan bothers you) including all the original characters.

http://tab-rv.vanillaforums.com/discussion/comment/63820#Comment_63820

ericnliz · April 2017

Me thinks I hear PXL's coffee boiling!

Ratkity · April 2017

Wow, this thread goes way back! No variations on what happens when letters naturally peel off. More a grammar thread.... naw, I ain't inta dat grammah stuffs. Newp. I wanna play "what happens when letters come off in strange orders and what do they spell?" Cryptic messages in the logo!!!

Nomad · April 2017

Yep, an old, old thread.
Except for new features added each year, I don't know that any T@B topic hasn't been discussed and rehashed at least 2-3 times :-)
That's one reason I've been pushing the search first meme.

jcfaber1 · April 2017

Forget the English corrections, I would like the morel's sauted in butter with a tarragon, cream, white wine reduction sauce!

Ratkity · April 2017

PXL could try crab stuffed mushrooms in sautéed onions on that Q thing!! Pictures too, of course.

sherm2954 · April 2017

I have two issues with this slogan:
1. Sentences DON'T end in prepositions.
2. Regardless of the poor sentence structure, when spoken out loud is has the sound of the stereotypical early 1980's kid in a television commercial. The kid who always sounds like he/she has a stuffed up nose. So when I read it, i hear, "I go where I'm told to" spoken by some obnoxious 9 year old with a bowl-cut like the kid off "Eight is Enough." Makes me ill. Seriously nauseated.

Either way, if I found it on a T@b that I paid for, I would remove it. Good riddance.

jkjenn · April 2017

I neither love nor despise the phrase, but a few points of consideration:

1. Marketers are interested in a hook, but grammar. It was an effective hook.

2. Taglines are phrases, not necessarily sentences. Was there a period at the end? I can't remember.

3. Grammar experts disagree about the proper use of a preposition at the end of a sentence, but almost all agree that there are appropriate uses, especially when used in a manner to replicate human speech.

Like any niche, most of us were taught not to put preposition at the end of a sentence because it was easier than teaching us when it might be appropriate to do so. This is completely understandable, given the amount of spelling exceptions and other grammar rules we need to last. However, just as the "rule of thirds" can be broken in visual art of "parallel fifths" can be broken in music, the preposition rule also has reasonable exceptions.

Language and grammar are constantly evolving and for the most part I am OK with that, but I still prefer my Oxford comma.

KAR · July 2022

HAHA! I love it! Poor grammar and all. Ours is wearing off one letter at a time:) So far just the I at the front and the 0 at the end. I'd like to find replacement.

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