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!
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 : )).
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.
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...)
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.
I always think Haagen-Dazs came from Netherland or Germany
And then I learned something new today
Thanks as always
It's supposed to be Danish-looking. It isn't even good fake Danish.
AMERICAAAAAAAAA!Hacchan, what does it mean dechi?Häagen-Dazs is an American company.Dazs... the hell is Dazs!?It's a coined word from the start - there's no deeper meaning to it.Anyway, I'll just say something that sounds authentic for now and just roll with it.It sure does.The person called "Dazs",Häagen-Dazs sure sounds German-ish!Häagen? Is that Copenhagen? No, there is a town named Hagen in Germany...Eh?Crap... as it stands, I'm just gonna be seen as a regular Germanomaniac!