Not the average standard of the Jewish Czernowitz Burger.
By about 1900 most Czernowitz Jews knew German.
Therefore even if they did not know where the city of Bristol was,
they knew that "chest" in German was "Brust" and not "Brist".
Mimi Quoting HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>:
> The "Bristl " interpretation of the famous Bristol trademark
> casts light on the average standard of world involvement
> of the average Czernowitz Jewish town burger.
> Hardy
>
>> In Yiddish speaking circles it was indeed called Bristl and that is "a
>> small Brust." In my time, there was a Kosher restaurant in the Bristol. I
>> even knew the name of the owner, but I do not remember it anymore.
>> Paul Heger
>>
>
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