Saturday, September 19, 2009

uh, ok.


This is really the name of the store. It ends with a conjunction in quotation marks. And I don't know what dekken is. I think it's funny, but it might just be really confusing. Thanks, Joe.

13 comments:

  1. Looks like a "for rent" (completely necessary quotation marks, by the way) sign in the window. Maybe the customers couldn't figure out what this store was about either.

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  2. Wow, Jeffrey, you weren't kidding about that web site.

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  3. a web site like that is to DIE for, er, um-- from....

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  4. from their site...

    I want a shop that has a little this and a little that and that is what I have. Sure it’s Eclectic then I have stuff you can wear or deck out in Dekken then of course the options go on and on so And. Hope this clears it up for you.

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  6. Eclectic Dekken means electric blanket in dutch.

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  7. Eclectic Dekken does NOT mean electric blanket in Dutch. That would be Electrische Deken. I don't have a clue what this store could be LOL.

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  8. Actually it turns out that this is a store in Denver, Co. Here's their website, still doesn't explain the store's name though.
    http://eclecticdekkenand.com/

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  10. "Sure it’s Eclectic then I have stuff you can wear or deck out in Dekken then of course the options go on and on so And. "

    Wow, no wonder she didn't get the quotations right...

    Google translate's "detect language" function says dekken is Dutch for:

    cover
    blanket
    strew with
    lay the table
    set
    protect
    shield
    hedge
    damp down
    tile
    thatch
    slate
    line
    margin

    Either this lady made up a word, or she invented a new use for the Dutch word. Weird. I want to go to this store.

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  11. Yes, dekken is a Dutch verb, it means "to cover" etc. (like my quotation marks there ? LOL).
    A blanket would be a deken,to cover someone with a blanket would be dekken. No one ever claimed Dutch was an easy language to learn LOL.
    Hey, the store's name is certainly memorable !
    PS, if you guys enjoy this website, I'm sure you'll like www.Engrish.com as well. No, I have nothing to do with that website, I just think it's hilarious!

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  12. I'm sorry Jeffrey, didn't notice you already posted the website. It's really something isn't it?

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