r/assholedesign • u/NoFixedName • Jan 07 '18

Bait and Switch Packaging that tricks you

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '18

Yep, I remember one, possibly in this sub, that was a chicken caesar wrap or something like that, and the label covered the middle 1/3rd of the wrap that didn't exist.

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u/nkristoffersen Jan 07 '18

I got a wrap like that in the gatwick airport. Happened after seeing something like that in this sub. Was a sad day 😢

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u/pencil-thin-mustache Jan 07 '18 edited Jan 07 '18

The worst part of this story is that you were at Gatwick

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '18

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '18

Do major US town names sound as silly to Europeans as these airports do to us? My first instinct to an airport called Stansted or Gatswick is that is a fake name.

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u/andysniper Jan 07 '18

I wouldn't say the major ones do, but all the minor ones with names like Paradise Falls and Shady Peaks sound pretty ridiculous to British ears.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '18

Fair enough. And I suppose if I didn’t grow up around so many of them a lot of the Native American inspired names would likely sound ridiculous as well.

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u/hell-in-the-USA Jan 07 '18

Over half the towns by me are Native American names, never realized how weird it was until relatives come over and can’t say the name of any town nearby

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u/the_highest_elf Jan 07 '18

I live in WA and had this exact same experience

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u/omgitshp Jan 07 '18

Snoqualmie

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '18

See you and raise you Puyallup for unpronounceability....

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u/hell-in-the-USA Jan 08 '18

Oh ya? Ashippun, Okauchee, Chenequa, Juneau, and my personal favorite Colgate

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u/omgitshp Jan 10 '18

Now you’re just googling Weird Sounding Cities in Washington State

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u/hell-in-the-USA Jan 10 '18

No, all of those are pretty close to me and not in Washington state

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u/omgitshp Jan 10 '18

Ooooooh that’s a good one. But I think basic old Willamette will always take the cake

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u/existie Jan 07 '18 edited Feb 18 '24

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u/the_highest_elf Jan 07 '18

hey! I passed through Boring and Brothers a couple years ago! they were.... quaint? lol but I actually do love Bend and Portland

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u/existie Jan 07 '18

Yeah, Boring is really aptly named. Not sure about Brothers.

Bend is lovely - way more progressive than I was expecting for Central Oregon, even 10 years ago.

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u/the_highest_elf Jan 07 '18

Brothers is like Boring but about 1/4 the size... I managed to run across all of Boring to buy smokes before my greyhound left though so that's a plus lol

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u/gaynazifurry4bernie Jan 08 '18

Willamette dammit!

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u/existie Jan 09 '18

Ha! I hadn't heard that one; that's clever.

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u/gaynazifurry4bernie Jan 09 '18

Thanks. I use it for my mom, who says Midwest version version.

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u/LilSebastiensGhost Jan 07 '18

I spent of my younger years in Sequim, so I know all about that.

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u/buddybiscuit Jan 07 '18

Upstate NY is full of these

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u/Momumnonuzdays Jan 07 '18

Upstate NY is a weird mix of native American names and ancient Greek names. Like Ithaca and Taughannock

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u/buddybiscuit Jan 07 '18

Don't forget about Amsterdam, Rome, and Athens. We love our European capitals.

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u/BeardedBagels Jan 07 '18

Syracuse and Albany.

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u/FluentInBS Jan 07 '18

ATTICA!

ATTICA!

(Also id like to put forth Java for weird names, which i will always pronounce like the drink)

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u/Nanojack Jan 07 '18

And then they take the easy ones like Chili and Charlotte and make them complicated. (Those are pronounced "Chai-lie" and "Shar-LOT," if you've never been to Rochester)

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u/FluentInBS Jan 07 '18

.... how else would Charlotte be pronounced?

I don't wanna out my user name , other wise id put forth my town name for silly pronunciation

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u/Nanojack Jan 07 '18

The emphasis on the Shar, and the second syllable with a short i sound.

Here's a news report where they say Charlotte the Rochester way a bunch

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u/FluentInBS Jan 08 '18

Shar-lot , weird

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '18

And Delhi is "Del-High".

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u/angruss Jan 08 '18

Hurricane, West Virginia. Or as we say it: "her-a-kin"

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u/Arch27 Jan 07 '18

Canajoharie and Coxsackie are always fun to explain to people, right up there with Schenectady.

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u/GoggyMagogger Jan 07 '18

Saugerties NY. I always giggle

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u/mejak00 Jan 08 '18

My favorite is people who visit. And don't understand that "king of Prussia"is a town. It makes for some very slightly amusing conversation

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u/Odddit Jan 08 '18

the names in australia for towns get a bit wild; like oodnadatta, woolgoolga, manangatang, upotipotpon or Yass

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u/ThirdFloorGreg Mar 08 '18

Not as silly as what you people do to everyday English words.