Newer PostOlder PostF R I D AY, M A R C H 0 2 , 2 0 0 7Bjork Is Now Bjerk, You Jerk!Bjork hasn't changed her name really.</p><p> She's just changed the Englishspelling to Bjerk, apparently, to help people on the pronunciation.</p><p> It'snot "byork" as in "fork" so much as "byerk" as in "jerk." I noticed thenew spelling in a Billboard item on her new CD.</p><p> And Wikipedia told me"Bjerk" means "a birch tree" in Icelandic and that it's typical forIcelanders to go by their first name only so she's not being arty andoffered a pronunciation guide to saying her name.</p><p> I put two and twotogether and got Bjerk, which was a lot of work but clears up the murkof how to say "Bjerk" so you don't feel like a jerk and I wonder if herfavorite film director is possibly, probably Douglas Sirk.POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 2:48 PM 0 C O M M E N T S :Post a CommentL I N K S T O T H I S P O S TCreate a LinkHomeSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Bjork Is Now Bjerk, You Jerk!http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2007/03/bjork-is-now-bjerk-you-... 1 of 37/26/09 12:23 AMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SBiboyAaronMichael in New York POPSURFING.COM: Bjork Is Now Bjerk, You Jerk!http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2007/03/bjork-is-now-bjerk-you-... 2 of 37/26/09 12:23 AMPOPSURFING.COM: Bjork Is Now Bjerk, You Jerk!http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2007/03/bjork-is-now-bjerk-you-... 3 of 37/26/09 12:23 AM
