How come, in the Mini Wheat’s commercials, Sweets has a Brooklyn accent and Wheat’s has an English accent?
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We have got to start monitoring your T.V. time spent
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its actually just 2 made-up words that were meant to look european to american eyes.\n\nits really good ice cream tho
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It is called "The Wheat". You can find it on the soundtrack for Gladiator.
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It is because of the invasions!  The Scottish invaded the Brits and they were unfamiliar with the "P" sound.  So they changed it to "M".  Making Polly, from Molly, from Mary. And Peg, from Meg, from Margaret.  Huh?  Does that make sense?\n\nSounds good enough for me.
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I completely agree with Eden that there are many accents in Britain, so it's difficult to say which British accent we are comparing to.  However, I think you could argue that the English spoken in certain regions of the Eastern United States, such as some Boston dialects, and the English spoken in the Southern United States have some important similarities to British dialects.
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A true slogan is usually set to a jingle like sleepys matterss sings "trust sleepy's for the rest of your life" or how state farm insurance sings "like a good neighbor state farm is there". Anything else is just a tagline.
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american and canadian english is thesame but they differ in the accent.
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It doesn't just sound like "kicker"; it is "kicker".\n\nGerman and English have a lot of words that are identical because the are both members of the West Germanic language group.
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Is this a trick question?  I thought they always packaged them in boxes.  I did some research and found this statement:\n\n"The American Cereal Company originated the idea of marketing a cereal brand directly to the consumer, packaging its Quaker Oats in a box with a guarantee of purity and cleanliness. The "Quaker Man" became the first cereal mascot in a national campaign."\n\nApparently, they were founded on the principle of giving a product that was already packaged in a box.  So I don't think they ever sold in bulk.\n\nhttp://www.bbod.com/amceconewje1.html
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Usually you'd say: "I'm Danish" / "I'm from Denmark", "He's Danish" / "He's from Denmark", "She's Danish" / "She's from Denmark"\n\nBy the way Denmark has its own variety of Danish pastry called wienerbrød.\n\nHope this helps.
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Silly, its only half a colon. Semi colon is something that you deliver commodities in.
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Interesting question.  As you know, language is a living thing. When people settle in regions, they interact closely, and their language subtly shifts.  (That's why Boston, New York, the South etc. have distinctive accents).  Over time, there is more differentiation-and the original accent is blended into a "new accent".  With English, you can see that happened in Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa (and elsewhere) as well.
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Sugar Bear was a commercial cartoon character created to help sell "Suger Crisp", the sugar coated puffed wheat cereal. It was originally just "Sugar Crisp" then they added more sugar and it became "Super Sugar Crisp". Sugar Bear also changed to "Super Sugar Bear" at this time. I think now the sugar content is reduced, and it is known as "Golden Crisp" now.\nAs to who voiced Sugar Bear, I have no idea.
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If you're talking about that appetite suppressant they advertise on TV,  they pronounce it "KY-toe-zan."  Hope that helps.
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There are two "English" American and British!
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Is there a website u can go to to see a preview of the commercial? It could be Crazytown.
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Why do the Brits use K after everything and the Yanks not? Because they are from different countries and cultures and their English isn't the same. You can thank Noah Webster.\n\nDon't take it out on us Americans either, the Aussie's have something do to with English butchering too.  \n\nAlso, thanks for posting this, I think you might have saved a few dumb Amer. boys from telling pretty English ladies they have nice fannies.