WotD: flyer/handbill

[muckefuck]

1. das Flugblatt, der Flugzettel, der Handzettle
2. de flyer, het strooibiljet
3. el folleto, el volante
4. el prospecte
5. le tract, le pamphlet (Can.)
6. flygbladet
7. an fógrán
8. ulotka
9. 전단지 (傳單紙)
10. 傳單, 廣告單張

Notes:Today I passed a young man handing out fliers and for a moment I revisited a dilemma I thought I'd put behind me: As a rule, I refuse handbills. They're virtually never for any service that I would use, so I just end up tossing them into the next available trashcan. I'm always polite in my refusal, since this has got to be one of the shittier jobs in existence. But if I really wanted to be nice, wouldn't I take one even if just to toss it? I could be wrong, but I imagine these people either have (a) a fixed number of bills to pass out or (b) get paid by the count. So the sooner they run through a thousand or whatever, the sooner they (a) can get in from the cold or (b) make enough money for that cheesesteak. On the other hand, if it's not just some hired mook but a stakeholder in the business, then instead I'm (a) wasting their money and (b) raising false expectations.

I suspect that whatever the case, I'm (c) thinking about this way too much.

Comments

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

(We currently use "folleto"/"fulletó" but if it's for a disco, it's called "flyer")

As far as I know, they are given the money for the flyers being delivered but they will probably toss in the trash whatever they can't give.

The weirdest flyer I've ever been given was from a "Real African Magician" against "mal de ojo, maldiciones varias. Resultados garantizados".

[anicca-anicca.livejournal.com]

Haha, same here, your words are all correct (Handzettel, of course) but if it's for a club it's bound to be called "der Flyer" (Mz. die Flyer).

Have had the exact same thoughts on the topic. Oh well.

[itchwoot.livejournal.com]

I actually have never heard anyone say "Flugzettel". "Flugblatt" is more common, but still sounds kinda quaint. :) I'm pretty sure I'd always call it "der Flyer" even if it isn't for a club.

[anicca-anicca.livejournal.com]

Actually, come to think of it, I've never heard Flugzettel either.
And I agree, Flugblatt is starting to sound quaint because they're hardly used any more. They would typically be lots of letters and/or some xeroxed pic on in DIN-A-4 sized sheet of paper, Usually not just plain advertising a product or a company but rather announce a concert or be about a political cause or something along these lines. I guess twitter and facebook have replaced them in most cases.
If I think of Handzettel or Flyer, I ususally think of something smaller than a Flugblatt, about a half or a quarter of DIN-A-4. We give out those postcard-size bills advertising our classical choir concerts, and we call them Handzettel.