|
Title: The Beaver Magazine Post by: dystopia on January 13, 2010, 03:42:44 PM Canada history magazine drops double-entendre name http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE60B3ZH20100112 Quote WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada's second-oldest magazine, The Beaver, is changing its name because its unintended ****ual connotation has caused the history journal to become snagged in Internet filters and has turned off potential readers. ... ... "Market research showed us that younger Canadians and women were very very unlikely to ever buy a magazine called The Beaver no matter what it's about," said Reid, adding he has mixed feelings about the name change. "For whatever reasons, they are turned off by the name." ... (more...) Title: Re: The Beaver Magazine Post by: gleek on January 13, 2010, 04:59:38 PM "Thanks! I just had it stuffed." surrenders
Title: Re: The Beaver Magazine Post by: twoiron on January 13, 2010, 05:30:34 PM If they're offended by that, then they'd probably be outraged at the TV Commercial that gets played here for "Feminine Hygene Products", where the "Hero" in the ad is a Beaver - of the "I just had it stuffed" vairiety..
|