• prole
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    4 hours ago

    Produce sections in the US often look like little islands of colorful objects

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      3 hours ago

      Yeah and like the deli section / bakery section usually has a bunch of little islands. But these are shelves, so really most likely more of an aisle.

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        1 hour ago

        I get your point, but maybe the shelves are more like big cliff-sided mountainous isles. Think Dover or Gibraltar.

        For the metaphor, not the grammar of course.

        I would totally agree that, for example, I would go to Aisle 4 for bread. And the sign saying 4 would indicate the shelves, not the aisle where I’m standing.