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@zgryphon on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2017-05-09T23:05:12-04:00

panzerfan said:

Hmm. Häagen-Dazs, a great example of not infringing on any Geographical Indications under TRIPS agreement of WTO yet still make you think that the products are related to Denmark somehow!

There was also a competing product called Frusen Glädjé that was sued by the Häagen-Dazs people for--I am not making this up--imitating their fake-ass-European naming style.

@Panzercracker on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-08T09:54:34-04:00

mock said:

Danish is North Germanic, and German is West Germanic. There is no Southern Germanic.

Ops, I mean Northern Germanic, just type wrong Southern : )).

@aceofspudz on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-08T05:56:15-04:00

I didn't know this! I don't think most Americans know this, either. I'd always assumed it was a foreign company. (Though now they are wholly owned by Nestle, which is Swiss...)

@T34/38 on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-08T01:27:43-04:00

OOZ662 said:

"oh Yes!" entertains me much more than the usual "fuck yeah"

I'm starting to hear a certain Robot saying it...

@mock on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-07T22:34:49-04:00

Panzercracker said:

And of course since Danish is Southern Germanic,

Danish is North Germanic, and German is West Germanic. There is no Southern Germanic.

@NWF_Renim on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-07T15:12:47-04:00

I think I had heard that part of the naming choice for Haagen-Dazs was because it was one of the first "super-premium" brands of ice cream. As expensive brands were rare at the time and cheaper brands the norm, choosing a foreign sounding name was to help give it the image of being a higher quality import product and thus make people accept the higher price.

@Panzercracker on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-07T14:37:29-04:00

Well, there are a large German community in America around 50 million (both full or a part of German), and many of them changed their names to more like Amercians name during WW2, but still a lot of them still keep their original name.

Back to Haagen-Dazs, it was founded in Amercia but the founders are British, and they name it for look like "Danish-sounding" name as a tribute to Denmark help Jews during WW2, lolz. And of course since Danish is Southern Germanic, Haagen-Dazs is German-ish : )).

@tapnek on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-07T12:39:33-04:00

OOZ662 said:

"oh Yes!" entertains me much more than the usual "fuck yeah"

Reminds me of the Kool-Aid Man.

@Keough on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-07T11:15:39-04:00

America and their shenanigans.

@OOZ662 on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-07T10:50:54-04:00

"oh Yes!" entertains me much more than the usual "fuck yeah"

@zankde on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-07T10:46:53-04:00

I always think Haagen-Dazs came from Netherland or Germany

And then I learned something new today

Thanks as always

@Random_Fanguy on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-07T10:42:37-04:00

I like this idea of Iowa popping in whenever someone mentions "America".

@panzerfan on post #2324192 (iowa, graf zeppelin, i-19, i-58, and i-8 (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2016-04-07T10:15:24-04:00

Hmm. Häagen-Dazs, a great example of not infringing on any Geographical Indications under TRIPS agreement of WTO yet still make you think that the products are related to Denmark somehow!