I went apartment hunting today, and I’ve learned at least one thing: Extra letters in the name mean extra expensive.

The word point, for example, is rather harmless and nondescript. View Point. Point Surfside. The Point. Add an extra -e, however, and the rent goes up at least $200. Pointe Surfside had great landscaping, clean grounds, nice new exteriors, and an all-around good feel to it, but you know… that extra -e would have killed my monthly budget.

It’s true! I would urge anyone to research it.

Go to a Book Shop, and you can buy yourself some reasonably priced books. Yet, go to a Book Shoppe, and you can count on finding some rather exotic and expensive old books. Better yet, if you find yourself in front of Ye Olde Book Shoppe, don’t even bother going in; what with all the extra letters and fancy spellings in the name, it’s simply out of your price range.

It doesn’t stop with extra letters, either. If a vendor uses the Old English version of a word—or just any of the fancier variations—the same rule applies. You like cheap old stuff? Go to a store that sells antiques; don’t go to one that sells antiquities. You like to eat great for less? Don’t go to any restaurants with the words la or chez or any of those foreign articles in the name.

Trust me on this one. Extra letters mean extra expensive. Seriously.

I guarantee it.

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