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mayennaise | 23:12 Wed 14th Jul 2010 | Adverts
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Why the name change from Jif
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Most european languages don't pronounce the 'J'............they would call it 'Yif'...........
Why change Charmin to Cushelle? Marathons to Mars

It happens quite a bit.

I think it's just for rebranding?!
marathons were changed to snickers to match the americans
That was it... Sorry wrong one. I would like to point out that I am too young to remember Marathons =)
and opal fruits hey?
And Minstrels
?????

The Mars bar has been "the Mars bar" in this country since 1932! The Marathon bar only came into being in 1973.
thats because they are different sweets cully marathon is now snickers and got the name change in 1990.
I remember Opal Fruits 4get - not that young =)
Minstrels are still Minstrels Elvis.
Do they still make Spangles?
Minstrels used to be Treets................
I believe the charmin change came about when it was realised Charmin and its varieants was a fairly common womens name within some cultural groups...You wouldn't buy a bog roll called Tracey or Susan now would you
ulay is now olay, and some brands are spelled the same but now pronounced differently, like nestles, Porche, adidas im sure there are others.
Whenever I hear the word Jif, it always reminds me of the first porn film I ever saw at a party. I'd rather not say why - too early in the day.
Needless to say, I was shocked.
Bounty kitchen roll is now called Plenty.
I think juan sheet sounds like one sh*t... doesn't inspire me to wipe up my kitchen spills with the product....
LMAO
The greasy man in the advert makes me feel a little ill just seeing him also.
I still call Nestles, Nestles not Nesslay.

In fact, they were customers of ours and I upset them in a meeting once calling them Nestles. Pretentious foreign b******s coming here telling us how to pronounce chocolate bars we've eaten all our lives!!
And another thing, how can you change the name of a venerable insurance company to MoreThan?! They got a good slagging off from me before I agreed to renew my insurance. Pretended an institution with a silly name like that could not possibly be the Royal & Sun Alliance!

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