"Slap ya Mama"

While shopping in Wal-mart, I noticed this bright yellow container. In big red letters, I saw the words "Slap ya Mama". I could not believer my eyes. I haven't heard that phrase in forever. For all of you who don't understand  slang, ebonics, or country english, this is a phrase used when a food taste so good that there are no other words to describe it. The food is said to be so good it will make you want to slap your mother. I never would have thought someone whould put that on a product to sell in a store. I'm not sure who purchases this cajun seasoning but there was only one container left on the shelf. The product inside is probably good but I questioned if I would buy based on the slang name. For the remainder of my time in Wal-mart, I thought about this. I still don't have an answer. Does a product have less of an appeal when the name is not Standard English? There could be a good product in the container or it could be as good as the name. Does the name make a different?

Thinking about this made me question how I judge things based on language. I never thought of myself as a person who purchased things based on name but I guess the name does factor into it. If I were shopping for cajun seasoning at the time, I would have probably looked over the "Slap ya Mama" brand and chose another more well known brand. With this thought in mind, I have now decided to try to look past the name of a product and look more into the quality. I'm sure the quality of this seasoning is good after all there was only one left on the shelf. There were other people who thought enough to buy this product. I asked a few people what they thought about the cajun seasoning name and found their responses interesting. Some people didn't know what the phrase meant and so I explained. The other people knew what the phrase meant and said that they would buy based on the name.