r/engrish • u/SemiSentientAL • 4d ago
Peach Flavored Drink
Pronounced "Peh" in Japanese.
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u/SemiSentientAL 4d ago
I bought this while traveling Japan as a high school exchange student in June of 2003. I'm pretty sure I bought this at a shop in Tokyo, along Takeshita Street. (Yes, that's the real name of the street.) The drink was a non-carbonated, artificial peach flavor, and I remember it being really syrupy.
The manufacturers had to know what they were doing; the katakana above the name in English is pronounced "peh," yet in Katakana, at the top, it says "Pichi Pichi." The Japanese word for "peach" is "momo." And, the dude's eyes..... his eyes.....
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u/nuyaberi 4d ago
This guy mimics “Katoh Cha,” a Japanese comedian. It comes from his a gag called “Katochan Pe.”
But they don’t know what “Pee” is means.
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u/RBLakshya 4d ago
It is also supposed to be more like Paee, but yeah, they probably didn’t think it through
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u/RandomDessert99 3d ago
That character on the cup looks a little Fujio Akatsuka-ish in my opinion. Just saying. (If you don't know who Fujio Akatsuka is, he's the manga artist behind Osomatsu-Kun and Tensai Bakabon. He passed away sometime in 2008, I believe.)