atw: Re: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED Naming cars (WAS Offshoring: Don't shoot the messenger)
- From: "Peter G. Martin" <peter.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Elizabeth Fullerton <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:00:11 +1000
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:35:10 +1000, Elizabeth Fullerton wrote:
>=A0I want to know where the Kenyan brand of washing powder "Toss" came
>=A0from... (yes, it is sold in pots...)
>
>
>>=A0Let's face it, where on Earth did the brands "Kit Kat" and "Omo"
>>=A0come
>>
>=A0from?
>
Some of the best product names are cases of mad coincidence..
Not that I know anyone took advantage of it, but one interesting commercial=
opportunity
arose in Papua-New Guinea when the wowsers ran a campaign for a referendum=
to ban beer with pictures
of a glass of beer under the heading "Say NO!"
Success of the campaign was indicated to some extent by the large numbers of=
people
who went into the local bar asking for a glass of No....
-Peter G. Martin,
Technical writer, Proxima Technology
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