Here is another fine example of how twisting the English language makes a Dutch company sound cooler. I would have at least used a noun, not an adverb. I also would have made it “suxessfully” (two ss), not “suxesfully”, which qualifies in my book as Dunglish.
Just plain “ha-ha-ha” amusing. This is what happens when you mix Dutch and English. A true collision, as it were.
“Surprijs” is a word play on “surprise”. “Prijs” means price and sounds like it as well. It’s auditive squinting: take Dutch words and mispronounce them until they sound like English ones. Surprise in Dutch is also “surprise”, although it is pronounced “sur-preeze” like in French. This implies that -prise, pronounced -prize in English, should sound like -price, as many Dutch people mispronounce price and prize.
This is a great use of Dunglish. The word “hout” means wood, so pronounce outlet with an “h”, which is how most of my family in Québec would end up pronouncing it.
This sign was not found in Amsterdam and was not aimed at tourists. People say that “Koninginnedag” (Queen’s Day), the Dutch national holiday, is too commercial, so here’s proof. I scored some LPs and books for next to nothing.
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