This US Pop-Tarts advert was hilariously lost in translation – our favourite very British responses
To be filed under ‘two nations divided by a common language’ comes this American advert for Pop-Tarts which means something different in the UK than it does in the US. Very, very different.
I like my tarts where I like my money. Right in my fanny pic.twitter.com/3WRYfFvyXO
— Pop-Tarts (@PopTartsUS) February 1, 2019
It prompted no end of confusion, wonderment, and some very funny (and very British) responses. Here are our favourites.
1.
British people reading this: pic.twitter.com/klZJEbyJuD
— A man has no name (@TheoGary) 1 February 2019
2.
"uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" — british people https://t.co/l9tM5rgSYR
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) February 1, 2019
3.
idk wtf you think we’re doing over here but we are def not inserting poptarts into our vaginas
— falling slow in the pouring rain (@stillicides) 1 February 2019
4.
Speak for yourself…
— Hayley Kelly Lanigan (@mymassivetweets) 1 February 2019
5.
— ✴ Wireless-lesbian ✴ ™ ©® (@ZA_WORLDOO) 1 February 2019
6.
Well i gave it a go but the corners were a bit scratchy tbh
— Helen Honeybun (@LadyHellsBells) 1 February 2019
7.
Did you go portrait or horizontal?
— The Doctor and her Space Frog🐸 (@oncomingspork) 1 February 2019
8.
People in the UK reading this pic.twitter.com/cSzqy0vUaz
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) 1 February 2019
9.
America, we need to talk https://t.co/HDeulDyHse
— Samantha Shannon (@say_shannon) February 2, 2019
10.
That’s a hot pocket
— Dino (@D__N_O) 1 February 2019
11.
We don’t keep our money there either…that would be so embarrassing at Tesco
— Karan (@hesterfunnel) 1 February 2019
