Swahili what he said?
(from from an article in Forbes magazine - 14 July 2004)
What did you say?
Nike has a television commercial for hiking shoes that was shot in Kenya using Samburu tribesmen.The camera closes in on the one tribesman who speaks, in native Maa. As he speaks, the Nike slogan ``Just do it'' appears on the screen.
Lee Cronk, an anthropologist at the University of Cincinnati, says the Kenyan is really saying, ``I don't want these. Give me big shoes.''
Says Nike's Elizabeth Dolan, ``We thought nobody in America would know what he said.'' Find other Sport articles
Comments
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john: very funny but you'll find the pharse you wanted was "pass the pygmy sauce"(05/09/2008)
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chris: soooo wat!!!!!!!!!!!!(11/11/2007)
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dude im cool: funny(10/08/2007)
- timbloke: as an anthropologist proffesor at Cambridge i can assure you he says "pass the Pigme sauce"(15/10/2005)
