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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).
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Many Maori place names begin with or contain the combination "wh," which in some cases is pronounced as in English which, when, where, etc., but in others pronounced like English "f." They should be included—at least those names where the "f" sound occurs. 69.42.17.116 01:27, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
That apostrophe you see on the O of Irish surnames is an Anglicization of a “síneadh fada,” an acute accent slanting to the right. A fada above a vowel means the vowel should be pronounced ...
Some of the most popular brands we use today have founders behind them who not only gave their blood, sweat, and tears, but also their names. For instance, Johnnie Walker was a real person. He ...
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 .
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