Re: Letters from Lithuania


anita wrote:
> santaka13@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > On that subject,from the Häagen-Dazs website:
> >
> > "Reuben Mattus, a young entrepreneur with a passion for quality and a
> > vision for creating the finest ice cream, worked in his mother's ice
> > cream business selling fruit ice and ice cream pops from a horse drawn
> > wagon in the bustling streets of the Bronx, New York. To produce the
> > finest ice cream available, he insisted on using only the finest,
> > purest ingredients. The family business grew and prospered throughout
> > the 1930's, 40's and 50's, and by 1961 Mr. Mattus decided to form a new
> > company dedicated to his ice cream vision. He called his new brand
> > Häagen-Dazs, to convey an aura of the old-world traditions and
> > craftsmanship to which he remained dedicated."
> >
> > Well, too bad he was totally monolingual in English (like 99% of
> > non-ethic Yanks, and even a large percentage of soi-disant 'ethnic'
> > Yanks) and didn't do his homework and came up with an abortion of a
> > name. The vowel combination -äa- doesn't occur in any language as far
> > as I know, and « Häagen-Dazs » is an abortion that looks half
> > pseudo-Scandinavian and half pseudo-Hungarian. But that's Yankeeland
> > for you - 100% pseudo. That's the way Yankee boy Siaubiukas (le Vide)
> > likes it.
>
> Let's see... a family grew and prospered and produced a product that is
> renown for excellence. But my oh my oh my... they dared to have an
> umlauted a followed by a regular a. Weighing the factors as follows
> (mind you just from the excerpt you posted):
>
> On the one hand: young entrepeneur, passionate, worked his way up from
> humble beginnings, used finest ingredients, produced a quality product,
> strove for three decades, succeeded in a highly competitive market.
>
> On the other hand: a bad vowel combination.
>
> Yankee wins. Deal with it.
> Anita


Herr Kaminskis post begs the question.

What exactly has he accomplished ? I guess he must have done something
better ? More linguistically correct in its success ?

So, where are the huge successes of herr Kaminski documented on the
internet ?

Vidas

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