Illustration of Japanese companies using vaguely European sounding words to make their product look fancier.

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    2 months ago

    couque d’asses

    This seems to really exist as a name for a type of bisquit, although without the final ‘s’ (Asse is a place in Belgium, so like “Dijon mustard” this just means “cookies from Asse”).

    langue de chat

    means “cat tongue” and that one definitely exists as a name for a type of bisquit.

    using vaguely European sounding words

    TBF to OP, yes Japan (and other countries) does often do that. I always like to hold against that the example of “Western” people getting tattoos of Chinese symbols they know nothing about.