"Save the date": an ad for yogurt inviting customers to "come and rejoice with mango and banana"

A lot to unpack in this billboard featuring an ad for yogurt, from the prominent English-in-Hebrew letters ("Save the date") to the emotional language ("come and rejoice with mango and banana"). C'mon, it's just a fruit-flavored yogurt, not a family wedding
#AdSpeak #LinguisticLandscape #Foodscape

Poster for the start of the academic year in Jerusalem is captioned "Study in the center of the galaxy"; graphic shows an astronaut sitting on a globe and reading a book

See under: hyperbole: For the start of the academic year, the municipality invites people to "Study in the center of the galaxy". While medieval maps cast Jerusalem as the center of the world, this takes it to a whole new level
#LinguisticLandscape #AdSpeak

Picture of a horrifying vintage battery operated chimp toy, with scary bugged out eyes and bared teeth, which I cribbed from a random Ebay listing...

If you used "Mailchimped" as a verb, I don't think we can be friends any more.

#stupidAds #mailchimp #language #adSpeak #verbing #commercials #chimp