whut?

[topaz]

whut?, originally uploaded by qwrrty.

at the Super 88 in Boston/Brookline

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[beowabbit]

Coincidentally, a gaijin in Japan on my Friends list was just commenting on the “Vermont Curry” you find in the stores there.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

I wonder if "Vermont" is like a code word for "not just American but REALLY AMERICAN."

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I dunno, the use of US states' names in foreign advertising seems more than a little...um...unmotivated? All over Beijing, we saw signs for "California Beef Noodle King" (美国加州牛肉面大王). I kidded monshu more than a little bit about the world-famous beef noodle dishes of his homeland. In Vienna, Nuphy and I saw a shop called "St. Louis American Clothing". It's like they just grab a name off a map that they think enough of their customers will recognise and run with it.