Talk:Häagen-Dazs

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[edit] 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)

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

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)
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)
I've never tried to learn IPA, but I'll give the best phonetic spelling of how I pronounce it as a Virginian ha (as in haha) gin (like gin but with a hard g) dah (vowel sound as in haha again) and the final zs sound is the same sound as in the end of lies, which isn't really a hard s sound, or a z sound... so -- hah-gin dahs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.23.138 (talk) 03:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

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

[edit] 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

[1] doesn't show any locations in any Scandinavian country, though it's not immediately obvious that the list there is actually complete. — mlc 22:06, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I was in Sweden last fall and definitely saw large self-standing Häagen Dazs signs in the middle of busy shopping areas. This may not mean they have their own shops there, but the product is definitely sold in Sweden. ~ RedSolstice (talk) 17:04, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)

Coffee Toffee Crunch was B&J's. It is now in the "flavor graveyard" of B&J's website. --CreamOfTheCrop

[edit] Should the Pomegranate and dark chocolate bar be listed under "flavors"?

There is already pomegranite chip ice cream listed, and the bar varieties in the "non reserve" flavors are not listed. It isn't a flavor, its a novelty. Should I remove it from the list? --CreamOfTheCrop