Company Slogans and puns.
It's 'as to be ASDA.
Freshly clicked
What kind of Business ?
Walter Redfern (in Puns, Blackwell, London, 1984)
succinctly
said: "To pun
is to treat homonyms
as synonyms".
Consider the childrens' riddle: "What's black and white, but read all over? Answer= A newspaper.
Does this confirm or disprove Walter Redferns quote?
Consider the childrens' riddle: "What's black and white, but read all over? Answer= A newspaper.
Does this confirm or disprove Walter Redferns quote?
Read these slogans. Which contain puns? Can you understand the puns?
For each slogan explain any puns, double meanings or other techniques that have been used.
For each slogan explain any puns, double meanings or other techniques that have been used.
| Company | Slogan | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Cook (Holiday Company) | Don't just book it. Thomas Cook it | Nice Rhyme |
| Orange (Telecoms) | The future is bright with orange | Orange the company and orange the colour. |
| GoDaddy (Web Hosting) | The web is your domain | 'domain' generally
and 'domain' as a specific web term. |
| Spitfire (Shepherd Neame beer) | The bottle of Britain | |
| Euroline transport | Straight to the point | |
| Cambridge Dictionaries | The first and last word | To have the last word. |
| Saatchi and Saatchi. | Labour is not working (Dole queue) | |
| Kit Kat | Have a break, have a kit-kat. | |
| Moss Security | Alarmed? You should be. | |
| Wyborowa Vodka | Enjoyed for centuries straight. | straight consecutive /
straight without mixer |
| pioneer | Everything you hear is true | true = correct / true
= an accurate reproduction |
| The Economist | For top laps | lap tops / top laps? |
| Range Rover | It's how the smooth take the rough | |
| Holiday Inn | pleasing people the world over | |
| Casio | precisely what you're looking for | what's the difference
between 'precisely' and 'exactly' ? |
| Weight Watchers Frozen Meals: | Taste. Not waist |
waste / waist (low calories!) |
| Northern Telecom | Technology the world calls on | |
| Zanussi | The appliance of science. | |
| Lea & perrins | The Worcester Saucere | |
| Bendix Appliances | We'll do the homework | |
| Flowers Fine Ales | Always pick Flowers | |
| Finish Detergent | Brilliant cleaning starts with Finish | |
| British Steel | British Steel: British mettle. | |
| First National Bank of Chicago | First relationships last | |
| Kenco Really Rich Coffee | Get Rich quick | |
| St. Ivel Shape Yogurt | Get your family into Shape, without them even noticing | |
| Kodak Gold | Is your film as good as Gold? | |
| Asda | It 'asda be Asda (It has to be Asda) | |
| HMV | No HMV, no video | |
| Ritz Crackers | Nothing fitz like a Ritz | |
| John Deere Tractors | Nothing runs like a Deere | deer / Deere / dear |
| Mumm's Champagne | One word captures the moment. Mumm's the word. | |
| Money Magazine | Reap the rewards of Money | |
| Red Star | Send your parcels Red Star and pull out all the stops (Red Star uses the rail network) | |
| Tetley Tea | Tetley make teabags make tea | |
| Tic Tac Candy | Tic Tac. Surely the best tactic. | |
| Impulse Deodorant | You just can't help acting on Impulse. | |
Slogans and company names with puns.
1 Example Business Names
2 Great business names
Look through these business names and guess what business they are in.
Some are hairdressers, at least one is a fish and chip shop.
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- Tacks haven
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- Curl up and Dye - hairdressers
- Seymour Clearly - opticians
- Jack the Stripper - decorators
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