Saturday, June 28, 2008

Kau Boy (sounds like Cowboy)

This was an ad that I saw at the Subway sandwich outside my company's offices. The subway sandwich (Kau Boy) was dressed up like a Cowboy and all ready to be eaten or to eat something. It's hard to tell in the add.

The great thing about the ad is the play on the meaning of the German word (Kau) that "sounds like" an English word (Cow). Kauen means to chew. Obviously, boy is an English word. Stick them together and you get cow-boy. Or dig in, eat up, etc., like a good cowboy would after a hard day on the range.

1 comment:

Caffienated Cowgirl said...

OMG - this is too funny! It's always funny to see how others perceive our culture...especially my beloved cowboys.