HOW TO HACK THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

How to hack the English language.

In the UK, we ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ sayย ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ž๐ซ, we say ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“

In the US, ๐ง๐จ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ asks for aย ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž, they ask for aย ๐‘ฒ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’๐’†๐’™.

Everywhere? Kids ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ play withย ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌโ€”they play withย ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’.

Some of these areย regional quirks, some areย global giants.

They all prove the same point:โ€จWhen your brand is unforgettable, itย becomes the category.

Want your brand to move in that direction?

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž:โ€จ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž โ†’ if you canโ€™t explain it in 7 words, itโ€™s too complicated.

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ โ†’ consistent colours, fonts, tone. No confusion, no clutter.

๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ โ†’ย link your brand to a repeated habit or phrase (think โ€œGoogle itโ€).

๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ†’ joy, relief, pride…pick one and build around it.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ†’ everywhere your audience meets you, it should feel the same.

These arenโ€™t overnight wins but stack them together and ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ .

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About Abby Kleerekoper

Abby is the founder of The Design Drive, using her decade of design experience to help businesses and charities grow.ย 

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