# Coming to a McDonald's in Japan **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328 "2020-01-13T01:20:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/1 "2020-01-13T01:20:25Z")
McDonald’s will be selling a dessert item in Japan that translates as “adult cream pie” in English. > [@](#): > > Now they’re attempting to grab the spotlight once again with another never-before-seen release — the Otona no Cream Pie, which translates to “Adult Cream Pie” in English. > > "Otona” is a word often used in the Japanese sweets industry to describe confectionery that has less sweetness than regular brands, evoking a sense of high-quality, refined flavour. > > However, the combination of the word “adult” and “cream pie” brings up a whole other imagery entirely for English speakers, which has people questioning whether or not the team consulted with any English-language speakers before deciding on the new name. > **[Adult Cream Pie coming to McDonald’s Japan](https://soranews24.com/2020/01/12/adult-cream-pie-coming-to-mcdonalds-japan/)** > > People are wondering if any English speakers were consulted before they chose the name for the salacious new dessert. And no, the word “coming” in the title wasn’t an intentional pun, but I decided to leave it in. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/2 "2020-01-13T02:44:32Z")
Sounds like hentai dessert. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/3 "2020-01-13T02:50:24Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I decided to leave it in. 😃 :eek: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/4 "2020-01-13T02:59:26Z")
For [Japan Weird](https://soranews24.com/2018/01/11/girls-feet-flavor-fried-chicken-now-on-sale-in-tokyo-promises-smell-stickiness-of-real-thing/), that rates about a 2 out of 10. ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/5 "2020-01-13T14:11:18Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > For [Japan Weird](https://soranews24.com/2018/01/11/girls-feet-flavor-fried-chicken-now-on-sale-in-tokyo-promises-smell-stickiness-of-real-thing/), that rates about a 2 out of 10. :eek: > [@](#): > > Recreates both the smell and stickiness of a girl’s foot, Double :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/6 "2020-01-13T16:46:13Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > For [Japan Weird](https://soranews24.com/2018/01/11/girls-feet-flavor-fried-chicken-now-on-sale-in-tokyo-promises-smell-stickiness-of-real-thing/), that rates about a 2 out of 10. Why does that site have sooooo many links to fried chicken related stories?? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/7 "2020-01-13T17:51:46Z")
The black jizz looks better. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/8 "2020-01-13T18:48:47Z")
Meh. Cultural differences. In English it’s still a bit obscure. Just mentioned it to my wife (not a shut in by any means) and she said “Is that what I think it means?” Translation from her: I kinda get it if you point it out, and shouldn’t you be a grown up?" ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/9 "2020-01-16T07:02:43Z")
They got the idea from my search history. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/10 "2020-01-16T07:16:14Z")
Personally I outgrew the “Ha, ha, so funny Engrish!” a long time ago. Not sure who here participated in the "Do Japanese think it’s funny when someone says their name is Hanna (Hana) because it’s means nose? thread, but that particular joke died when it was pointed out that Hana is not only proper girl’s name and it’s always defined as flower. :smack: But Dick Hertz and Mike Hunt is still funny! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/11 "2020-01-16T11:15:20Z")
[An update](https://soranews24.com/2020/01/16/we-taste-the-adult-cream-pie-from-mcdonalds-japan/)! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/12 "2020-01-16T12:25:01Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Why does that site have sooooo many links to fried chicken related stories?? 😕 The links are contextual based on the story linked to. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/13 "2020-01-16T20:01:29Z")
I notice with interest that the update in **Darren Garrison’s** post contains a link to McDonald’s blowjob cups. NSFW: [McDonald’s Japan accidentally creates blowjob cups as part of soft drink promotion【Photos】 | SoraNews24 -Japan News-](https://soranews24.com/2019/08/01/mcdonalds-japan-accidentally-creates-blowjob-cups-as-part-of-soft-drink-promotion%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91/) ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/14 "2020-01-16T21:04:53Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Personally I outgrew the “Ha, ha, so funny Engrish!” a long time ago. Not sure who here participated in the "Do Japanese think it’s funny when someone says their name is Hanna (Hana) because it’s means nose? thread, but that particular joke died when it was pointed out that Hana is not only proper girl’s name and it’s always defined as flower. :smack: > > But Dick Hertz and Mike Hunt is still funny! 😃 The article linked to in the OP is misleading at best. The product in question is not labelled in “Engrish” in the sense of nonsensical or gratuitous English. It says “大人のクリームパイ” and does not sound funny. You might think to accuse “クリームパイ” of being gratuitous English, but this is a completely standard borrowing in contemporary Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/15 "2020-01-16T21:22:39Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Personally I outgrew the “Ha, ha, so funny Engrish!” a long time ago. You are wrong. Engrish will never not be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/16 "2020-01-17T20:58:48Z")
I think it’s fabulous that English and Japanese borrow words from each other to both create–and obfuscate–plays on words such as these. It works both ways: For every weird instance of Japanese English sounding funny to westerners (“Adult Cream Pie”) there is something odd going the other way. Example: Remember a few years back when Apple introduced Siri? Well, in Japan, it was to some extent a “Chevy Nova” moment, in that “Siri” is pronounced “shiri” in Japanese, meaning tail or ass. We’re all aware of those t-shirts, hats and signs plastered in “Engrish” appearing online this last decade, so hilarious… and maybe some westerners are getting into the spirit too: Two examples: - On a hat sold in Seattle tourist shops, the characters “kai hei” meaning Marines. I guess nobody told the translator that Marines are not the same thing as Mariners, as in the Seattle Mariners baseball team, such a (Japanese) tourist draw thanks to the likes of star players from Japan like Ichiro. - On a pair of his/ her sweatshirts for anime / manga fans outside of Japan, written (unfortunately) in English, an in-joke: “Senpai” on one, and “Oppai” on the other. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/17 "2020-01-17T21:19:41Z")
**Geisha “One-Point” English lessons (useful for your everyday life)** “Let’s use it constructively!” 😃 (WARNING: NSFW! :o ) [spoiler][One Point English Lesson - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGXWDqQB3NU%5B/spoiler%5D) That Toshi must be one awesome dude! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/18 "2020-01-19T15:26:57Z")
[The latest from McDonald’s Japan](https://soranews24.com/2020/01/19/mcdonalds-japans-cute-sanrio-toy-has-a-dis-ass-terous-misprint/). ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/19 "2020-01-22T19:16:03Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > McDonald’s will be selling a dessert item in Japan that translates as “adult cream pie” in English. The cream is cream of sumyunguy? ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328/20 "2020-01-23T06:40:37Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > The cream is cream of sumyunguy? Doesn’t work when you take it from a fake _ **Chinese** _ menu! :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328.md?page=2)