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Until recently Jysk was called Dänisches Bettenlager (danish bed warehouse), probably because Jysk doesn't exactly roll off the tongue for German speakers.
by legulere 4y ago
Until recently Jysk was called Dänisches Bettenlager (danish bed warehouse), probably because Jysk doesn't exactly roll off the tongue for German speakers.
- Symbiote 4y agoFor an English speaker to pronounce "Jysk" something approaching the correct way, they should read something between "Yusk" and "Yoosk". For a German maybe "Jüsk". It means Jutlandic (jütisch). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jysk https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jysk
- poizan42 4y agoThe 'y' letter is the close front rounded vowel, which is just plain missing from the most common english dialects, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel#Occurrence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel#Occu...
- simongray 4y agoUntil recently, JYSK was also called Jysk Sengetøjslager (= bettenlager) in Denmark. I think the rebranding to JYSK was just about making the name shorter and the same everywhere.