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>>>>>>>>Yes, I've noticed that. Places we'd call a village in England are towns in the USA. I guess it's all part of the supersize me culture. In UK we used to buy things (like drinks in a cinema) that were small, medium or large. Now, since US influence, they're regular, large and extra large.
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>>>>>>But this has been a particular effect marketing tool when applied to other products as well.
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>>>>>But it stems from America no doubt.
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>>>>>>Condoms, for example. <s>
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>>>>>>( there was, in fact, once a psy-ops proposal to package up a lot of extra large condoms, label them "Small" and let them fall into the hands of the enemy )
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>>>>>But not when the enemy is run by a "dick 'tater" :-)
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>>>>>>I also admired whoever it was in marketing at Mars candy that when they reduced the size of a 3 musketeers Bar by at least one Muskateer splashed a banner across the label that said "NEW SIZE !!"
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>>>>>Considering Mars is a UK co. (or was originally) I've never heard of that confection.
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>>>>The product names differ. I think the candy bar sold as a Mars bar in the UK is about the same as a 3 Musketeers bar in the U.S.
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>>>I don't think so. Here in Canada, we have both. I haven't eaten either in decades, so I don't remember them very well, but since we have both, I assume they aren't the same thing. I seem to recall a Mars bar as being sort of creamier. And doesn't a 3 Musketeers bar have nuts or something?
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>>Reverse that and you have it correct. 3 Musketeers ads show the bar floating up out of reach, because it is so light.
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>Could that be what we call a "Milky Way"? Just a creamy fondant whipped centre: "The sweet you *can* eat between meals without ruining your appetite"
sounds like a good description of it. :-)
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