Comments on: The company that cares about your intestine http://www.numenware.com/article/345 Religion. Brain. Dogen. Language. Japan. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:28:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Vincent Henderson http://www.numenware.com/article/345#comment-124 Vincent Henderson Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:22:39 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/345#comment-124 More gold marketing fodder for Yakult <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050326005904.htm">in Science Daily</a>. It’s one thing to care about intestines, but solving bad breath is surely among the nobler aims of consumer marketing. More gold marketing fodder for Yakult in Science Daily.

It’s one thing to care about intestines, but solving bad breath is surely among the nobler aims of consumer marketing.

]]> By: Hokai http://www.numenware.com/article/345#comment-118 Hokai Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:07:52 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/345#comment-118 Great comment as always, Bob. “Yakult” though is simply Yoghurt (or Yogurt from Turkish) misspelled in a typical “kana back to romaji” manner. Anyway, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt">see here</a> a nice entry on Yogurt, giving also names of some commonly used bacteria. Another curious connection: Turkish language, apparently, has some very profound similarities to Japanese! Great comment as always, Bob. “Yakult” though is simply Yoghurt (or Yogurt from Turkish) misspelled in a typical “kana back to romaji” manner. Anyway, see here a nice entry on Yogurt, giving also names of some commonly used bacteria. Another curious connection: Turkish language, apparently, has some very profound similarities to Japanese!

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