DEPARTMENT OF ADVERTISING, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
How Not to Name a Product
Supposedly, these are genuine product names, as translated to English.
- Japanese moistened hand towels:
Cat Wetty
- Spanish detergent:
Colon Plus
- Austrian video recorder:
Hornyphon
- Chinese chocolates:
Swine
- Greek soft drink:
Zit
- Japanese sport drink:
Pocari Sweat
- East Asian fish sausage:
Homo Sausage
- Japanese mineral water:
Kolic
- Japanese tissues:
Last Climax
- Japanese toilet paper:
My Fanny
- Yugoslavian orangeade:
Pipi
- Ghanian pepper sauce:
Shitto
- Indian cockroach repellent:
Ban Cock
Department of Advertising at
UT Austin. E-mail comments to: advertising@mail.utexas.edu.
Snail Mail: Advertising Department, CMA 7.142, The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX 78712.
Telephone: 512/471-1101.
©1997 Jef I. Richards
