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==="Ize" campaign=== In 1985, Tizer initiated a television campaign on [[TV-am]] exploring the "Tize-izer" vocabulary, depicting scenarios in which characters place "ize" between the syllables of words.<ref name="ED">{{cite journal |title=Sovle the Tizer Tease |journal=Evening Dispatch |date=22 August 1985 |page=7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1180473425/?match=1&terms=tizer%20ize%20got%20the%20ize |access-date=21 May 2025 |location=Durham}}</ref> A free, promotional [[flexidisc]], featuring the voice of ''[[Spitting Image]]'' impressionist [[Rory Bremner]], was produced as part of the campaign. The ''Evening Dispatch'' described Bremner as "doing the most to help people master the new language."<ref name="ED" /> The [[tongue twister]]-based language grew in popularity among children who, according to ''[[Isle of Wight County Press]]'', would use the patios "to the complete bewilderment of mums and dads".<ref>{{cite journal |title=A Personal Stereo Is First Prize |journal=Isle of Wight County Press |date=6 September 1985 |page=40 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1075472841/?match=1&terms=tizer%20ize%20got%20the%20ize |access-date=21 May 2025}}</ref>
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