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Letter: Drinking sweat

Published 27 June 2012

From Rayson Lorrey

The AI system that suggested “Sweat” as a product name by combining “sweet” and “eat” (5 May, p 19) was on the mark but behind the times. Pocari Sweat is a popular Japanese soft drink launched in 1980.

I first tried it in South Korea and rather like it.

Rochester, Minnesota, US

Issue no. 2871 published 30 June 2012

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