I'm willing to grant, however, that in a grocery store the aisles could be interpreted as the areas where the shoppers and employees stroll, around a very organized archipelago of shelving islands/isles stacked with merchandise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days 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.