Counting

It mean that they are still counting... the number of sandwiches, that is. I would guess that you saw this on a McDonald's sign. Here it means that they've already served 50 million of these sandwiches and are continually serving more.

Does this example sound correct?

Eightly percentage of votes counted and counting.

Sounds a tad funny to me.

Maybe someone else will have a different opinion

Funny to me too. But maybe a catch phrase?

I'd probably say:

Eightly percentage of votes counted and still counting.

Somehow having "counted" and "counting" together is a tad confusing. Perhaps others will have a different opinion.

I agree. Two words that are the same or even similar which occur close together completely ruin any attempt to be snappy, pithy, or catchy. The effect is equally awkward in normal prose as well.

CJ

It seems I should never give an example. It always goes wrong!

Is it correct (Juleilai): Eightly percentage of votes counted and still counting.

Or can anyone paraphrase or create a new one that bears the same meaning.

Shouldn't it be:

'Eighty percent of votes counted and [still] counting...'

(Though 'eightly' has charm.)

Perhaps the difference in subject (the votes are 'counted', but the tellers are 'counting') gives a little extra interest to the repetition of the verb.

But I wonder whether the unpithiness is caused by the use of '80%'. Once you've specified the percent