English In Use – Adverts – ‘Halifax Building Society’
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Interesting Place – Norway
A Norwegian city, Trondheim, has banned adverts that show semi-naked models, male or female, in public spaces. (The new policy says: “No advertising that conveys a false image of the model/models’ appearance and contributes to a negative body image will be permitted. As a minimum, advertisements in which body shapes have been retouched should be […]
Interesting Fact – Accents
I like accents, I think they make language interesting and varied, but all accents are not equal, and it seems supermarket chain Morrisons agrees with me. They issued a callout for actors with northern accents to feature in a campaign for the supermarket, but they went on to specify that “nobody from Liverpool” should apply. […]
iPhone 5
This is a parody on the advertising for the iPhone 5. Thanks to Javi