lasta@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat’s the most tone-deaf advertisement or marketing campaign you’ve ever seen?message-squaremessage-square146linkfedilinkarrow-up1151file-text
arrow-up1151message-squareWhat’s the most tone-deaf advertisement or marketing campaign you’ve ever seen?lasta@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square146linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRachelhazideas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day agoSlogans in foreign languages are sometimes considered prestigious or exotic. They’re saying it for the vibes, not for the literal meaning of the words.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 hours agoRock and Roll Hairstyle USA
minus-squareplutopos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoWow, really? I’d never heard a slogan in a foreign language before. It must vary by country
minus-squareMrsDoyle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours ago“Vorsprung durch Technik” - not sure of the spelling, but it’s a slogan from an ad for a German car in the UK. Mercedes maybe?
minus-squareShave_MyBeever@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoVolkswagen had “Fahrvergnügen” in the early 90s. I can remember that campaign took off for a while.
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoFun fact: That word didn’t exist in the German language before, it was created specifically for this ad.
Slogans in foreign languages are sometimes considered prestigious or exotic. They’re saying it for the vibes, not for the literal meaning of the words.
Rock and Roll Hairstyle USA
Wow, really? I’d never heard a slogan in a foreign language before. It must vary by country
“Vorsprung durch Technik” - not sure of the spelling, but it’s a slogan from an ad for a German car in the UK. Mercedes maybe?
Volkswagen had “Fahrvergnügen” in the early 90s. I can remember that campaign took off for a while.
Fun fact: That word didn’t exist in the German language before, it was created specifically for this ad.
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