Radio ad's legal terms read too damn fast

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Add a few more yards of width to the cultural gulf between America and England. In the U.S., we would give awards and possibly sexual favors to people who make their ads shorter. In the U.K., that’s a bannable offense. At issue is the familiar legal copy delivered in quick-speak at the end of radio ads. The BBC reports that one Vodafone radio ad went too far, and "has been banned after a ruling which said its legal terms were read out too quickly."

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