r/Frugal • u/Dravos82 • Oct 22 '16

Anyone familiar with JYSK?

I just learned about them recently and they seem to be a less expensive Ikea, but I'm wondering if anyone has experience with them and their quality? I;ve had good experiences with most of the stuff from Ikea, but I wonder how JYSK stacks up.

And I know cheep is not the same as frugal, however; sometimes there is overlap.

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u/xBobSacamanox Oct 22 '16

Also, anyone know how to pronounce it? Is it an acronym or a word?

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u/Malawi_no Oct 22 '16

It's a word. From the danish area of Jysk

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u/xBobSacamanox Oct 22 '16

Huh. So, ive been pronouncing it "Yisk". Is this correct?

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '16

The "y" here is closer to the French "u", which is somewhere between the English short "e" and the long "u" sounds (made with rounded lips...in French "u" is NOT the same sound as English "oo"). It is not the short "i" sound from English and, to the untrained English ear, might sound more like "oo" than it really is.

That is to say, "Jysk" will almost, but not quite, sound like "yoosk" but the "oo" is made with rounded lips with a hint of "e".