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A Slovenian-made notebook from the "Nine-Eleven" series.
The Slovenian company ELISA Mengeš d.o.o. produces a line of 52-leaf striped-paper A4 notebooks under the brand-name "Nine-Eleven." To American ears, it’s a bit of an unfortunate choice in light of its negative connotations. When I first saw it, I expected to find some crude anti-American propaganda on it. At the very least: "Fak to the U.S. and A.!" or "Yankee go home!"
Instead, the notebooks are covered with standard graffiti-style drawings, with nothing even slightly hinting at the WTC attacks. The name presumably comes from the dimensions 9"x11", which is only problematic insofar as Slovenia uses the metric system, and thus no inches. So why isn’t it called Twenty-three-Twenty-eight?
I should also quickly mention that dates here are written as DD/MM/YY, so 9/11 would be read by everyone as the ninth of November. Unfortunately, as everyone knows, that’s the anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.
What the hell is this company trying to tell us?
(Thanks Schmaren!)
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That there’s more important things than a notebook and it’s name… ?
9, 11… The 1923 Beer Hall Putsch and the WTC attack… well well… intriguing…
9/11 (European) is also an anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, which is in my opinion far more important than 9/11 (USA)
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from Slovenia which is of high quality
better than here. And please no more
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Do they also sponsor Laibach?
But, maybe, it is the Berlin thing, after all.
For years and years a toothpaste company in Asia sold a dental care product known as Darkie that had the head of a African(presumibly an American as well)wearing a top hat and displaying a dazzling set of ivories.
Anyone who knows Asians knows that they aren’t prejudiced against those of African ancestry, as the prejudices tend to be more regional. Was the design stupid? Past the 1930s’, yes. Was it meant to be offensive? Certainly not. It was just a part of the background.
I think this is for kids to show how with it they are, flashing English words that for all I know translate in Slovenian teen culture to what the expression “4:20″ means in American drug culture.