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- From: desiree@netcom.com (dmc)
- Subject: Re: The Classiest Pickup Lines
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.205533.14367@netcom.com>
- Summary: I'm tired of shit...
- Organization: Clairol HairDye Labs and Test Rats
- References: <1993Jan10.215534.27559@sol.UVic.CA> <MARTINC.93Jan17111501@grover.cs.unc.edu> <1993Jan21.175233.12195@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:55:33 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.175233.12195@bcars6a8.bnr.ca> csanoy@bcars689.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Cynthia Sanoy) writes:
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- >ASIDE: I saw an ad on American TV (Not CBC or CTV) last night that advertised
- > a hair colour product called Belle Color. It claimed to be the foremost
- > (Parisian) French hair colouring product. Yet, the product is spelled
- > Belle Color (extra e, absent u). I thought this was a) strange, b) amusing
- > and c) typical (use of pseudo European characteristics to sell to
- > unsuspecting 'Mercans! (for those who don't see the humour... colour, in
- > French, is colour, not color.)
-
- Sorry Cyn...
-
- But Belle Color is available in most MonoPrixs in Paris. It is
- a pretty good brand, but lacks the availability of fun stuff -- so mixing
- is required for unique, off-the-wall touches.
-
- And the correct french spelling of colour is couleur. The french
- have adopted many americanisms as a marketing ploy. Works for me...
-
- Whatever,
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- Desiree
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