カラダにピース
FYI, the title and content of this post will make more sense for people who’ve studied Japanese for at least a week.
The title of this post is the current advertising slogan for Calpis. Long ago I came to terms with the amusing connotation of the beverage’s name in English, however this new slogan made me chuckle all over again.
Before I explain, here’s the commercial in question:
For those who still don’t get why I find this funny, the slogan is the aforementioned, 「カラダにピース」.
My native-English brain interprets this as either, “There’s piss on my body,” or “I’m going to piss on my body.”
That’s obviously not what they’re going for, but whatever… Clapis still tastes good whether there’s piss on my body or not.
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Alex says:
Added on April 26th, 2009 at 12:50 amThe real question is what does it taste like?
Beth says:
Added on April 27th, 2009 at 12:56 amNo, it doesn’t taste good. Seriously, switch to Aquarius and be a real person.
Rodent (blog author) says:
Added on April 27th, 2009 at 8:01 amIt tastes kinda like sweet milky yogurt.
And Beth up there is still recovering from her robot phase, so she has no idea what or who a real person is.
Anonymous says:
Added on May 2nd, 2009 at 2:13 amCalpis is terrible. Pocari Sweat represent.
Tim says:
Added on May 2nd, 2009 at 2:14 amI’m too used to posting anon on other blogs, I forgot that it’s not necessary among friends.
SO HI THERE I’M TIM AND SO IS THAT ANONYMOUS GUY ABOVE ME
Rodent (blog author) says:
Added on May 2nd, 2009 at 5:23 amBeverage wars don’t exist in my mind.