Talk:Häagen-Dazs

Pronunciation

None of these spelling conventions is used in pronouncing the name of the American product, which has "ah" as the first vowel, hard g, and a final "s" sound.

I am not a native speaker, but it seems to me that there should be a final "z" sound, not a final "s" sound. If someone can confirm that, they should change the original. 65.81.12.178 17:05, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone use the IPA instead of arsing around with "ah" sounds? 207.245.124.66 17:06, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Finnish so I've never herd the word spoken aloud, but the article currently seems to suggest a prounciation of [hæɡən dæs] ≈ "haggun dass". Or should the 1st word maybe be [hɑɡən] ≈ "hahg'n" insted? The quote says "ah", article "short a". Pick and choose as you wish. --Tropylium 10:04, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As an north-eastern American, I have always pronounced it (and only heard it pronounced) as [hɑɡɪn dɑs] or perhaps something like [hɑɡon dɑs]. Definitely not [æ] or [z] in it anywhere that I've heard.--Injoy 23:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DAZS

The text says that "dazs" might be a Hungarian word, because the letter "zs" exists in that language. I am Hungarian, and I'm absolutely sure, just as any other Hungarian, that although "zs" is a letter of the Hungarian alphabet, there is no such word as "dazs" in Hungarian.

Erika

No stores in Scandinavia

I think there at least used to be a store in Gothenburg, Sweden. You can also buy the ice-cream in stores, so the current text about no stores in Scandinavia is a little misleading.

Ironically, although Häagen-Dazs operates in 54 countries around the world, none of the company's 700 stores is in any Scandinavian country. About that. Is it really so ironic? I mean, it's the last place an intelligent person would expect a brand operating a "foreign branding" scheme to be marketed. -- mortley crueh

External link spoofed, corrected

The link to the company's web site resolved to http://www.xn--hagen-dazs-q5a.com instead of http://www.haagen-dazs.com. The link was originally "http://www.häagen-dazs.com/". The official site has no diacritic.

Retired Flavors

I remember in the late 80s early 90s a flavor called Coffee Toffee Crunch which I loved. I got it scooped from the stores and in pint containers at the grocery stores. It no longer exists. I think it should be added to the article, but when I search for Coffee Toffee Crunch I find that it was a flavor that was discontinued from Ben & Jerry's. But I remember very well it was Haagen Dazs. Can anyone confirm? 192.31.106.34 18:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]