'Show us your Regina': Canadian city pulls tourism campaign after facing backlash for sexualizing it

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Saskatchewan's capital city is making headlines this week for a bungled attempt to rebrand its tourism agency.

After debuting a rebrand from Tourism Regina to Experience Regina last month, the city's tourism organization pulled its new campaign amid public backlash to slogans some found offensive, Canadian news outlet CBC reported.

The organization issued an apology for the phrases, which included "Show us your Regina" and "The city that rhymes with fun," plays on a running joke about how the city's name rhymes with vagina.

The slogans quickly prompted strong reactions from some who called the phrases "rapey" and "misogynistic."

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Doesn't bother me but I can see how some may be annoyed by it.

[Botany]

1. As long as they didn't say we like a regina with some hot poutine

n/t

[Marcuse]

2. Sounds like a Seinfeld joke.

[edisdead]

4. Delores!

[Marcuse]

6. Mulva?

[edisdead]

10. Hahaha!

Loved that episode

[Goodheart]

3. Nothing could be finer than a taste of old Regina.

[Bristlecone]

5. Jim Gaffigan has a multi-part standup series on Prine

The Pale Tourist:
E1 is in Canada - Regina is definitely mentioned
E2 is in Spain - Less funny than the Canadian Episode, but still funny

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. So, class, this an example of what happens

when your creative staff gets just a little bit too creative for their own good. Any questions?

[Dirty Socialist]

8. Regeyena???

Why is it pronounced that way anyway? I would like to have a talk with the city’s founders.

[Silent3]

9. I don't remember it pronounced, and have long assumed something like reh-JEE-nuh...

...not ruh-JIE-nuh.

You learn something new every day!