Would you buy a product that's called 'corny'?

[Torsten]

There is this German cereal bar "Corny" which you can buy almost at any supermarket here. How does the word 'corny' sound to you and would you buy such a product?

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[Alan]

Hi Torsten,

To me that is a bad name from the point of view of persuading me to buy. It is similar in meaning to an expression I used not so long ago that caused a rumpus and that's the expression 'old hat'. Corny to me suggests so old with particular reference to jokes that when someone uses them, everyone groans.

Alan
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