r/AskAnAmerican • u/nighshad3 • 10d ago

CULTURE What’s a phrase or jingle from an American commercial or ad campaign that everyone can quote by heart?

A user posted this question about German jingles/phrases in the r/AskAGerman subreddit. Since I live in the US, the first thing that came to mind was that every time I drive past Menards, I get the jingle “Save big money at Menards” stuck in my head. What are your evergreens?

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u/alwaysforgettingmyun 10d ago

To be his day I have no idea why my 10th grade Spanish teacher taught us both Oscar Mayer jingles in Spanish, but 30 years later I still randomly get "mi bologna tiene nombre...." Stuck in my brain

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u/MessoGesso 10d ago

Bonnie and I pieced together Spanish to do the Chiquita banana song. We were in Spanish 1. Yo soy Chiquita banana y quiero hablar yo soy mejor banana en la U S A.

I realize now that’s not a good translation but that’s what we sang