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A number of Belgian beer brands, such as Silly, Prik, Slag, La Plope, Pee Klak and Witte Dikke [4] Brand names and advertising campaigns which have proved controversial throughout their existence have included the following instances: In the 1970s, hair product company Clairol created a curling iron called the Mist Stick.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...
His name is said “Barry Kyo-Gann’ with a hard “g,” but typically this name would sound more like “Kyo-ann.” Says Ó Séaghdha, “It’s a lot like the ‘gh’ in ‘through’ in ...
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Unlike the names in the list above, these names are still widely known by the public as brand names, and are not used by competitors. Scholars disagree as to whether the use of a recognized trademark name for similar products can truly be called "generic", or if it is instead a form of synecdoche .
Weet-Bix branding. Sensational spellings are common in advertising [1] and product placement. In particular, brand names [1] such as Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (crispy cream), Weet-Bix (wheat, with bix being derived from biscuits), Blu-ray (blue), Kellogg's Froot Loops (fruit) or Hasbro's Playskool (school) may use unexpected spellings to draw attention to or trademark an otherwise common word.
The brand name "Teisco" was established in 1948, and sometimes incorrectly explained as [3] an acronym of Tokyo Electric Instrument and Sound Company. [4] However, the exact name of company establishing and producing the Teisco brand was not that name, and rather, they had frequently renamed their company.