Why Are So Many Things Called Jersey?
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What do you think of when you hear the word Jersey?
Farns and sports
*farms
New Jersey..where im watching this from..10 minutes south of the house featured in the show Jersey Shore
The item of clothing
Jersey Mike's hahaha
Having been brought up in Jersey, I am tired of having to explain to literally everyone that, no I am not from the U.S. state.
I was also brought up in jersey lol and yeah it’s really really annoying
I just say French island
I love there myself right now. And yeah, I'm sick of it too. Even Google seems to think about the state more.
I'm from Boston, and nobody thinks I'm from the UK. New England has many names derived from the UK, few with New added.
People from Georgia 🇬🇪 must feel the same.
I should say that the name origin that you gave to Jersey, although used to be popular, is not considered outdated and incorrect (far from me to correct Name Explain on the etymology of a word, but trust me!). The name ‘Caesarea’ was actually a mixed up with a Roman text describing the Channel Islands, as the Romans actually called Jersey ‘Andium’ (Latinisation of the native Gallic name for the island ‘Andion’), but the name Caesarea stuck as the Latin name for the island regardless. The name of Jersey actually most likely came from a viking called Geirr and thus the name because Geirrsøy (Geirr’s Island), which became Jersey over time. The reason why our island was probably named after a viking is because Jersey was for many centuries a part of the duchy of Normandy (and you all know the story of that), and the King of the UK is still called the ‘Duke of Normandy’ and a few people here still speak the Norman language (Jèrriais). Other fun facts about Jersey relating to this video; we are so proud of our cows that all other foreign diary milk is banned from being sold in Jersey. So if you come to our lovely island, it is either Jersey milk or oak milk. It should also be said about the Jersey jumper that, despite us being such a tiny island, we were also the largest producers of knitting jumpers and stockings worldwide for many centuries. That is why the word ‘Jersey’ became so synonymous with the garment. In fact, our knitting craze got so bad, that our government had to ban men above the age of 13 from knitting so as to avoid men from neglecting their farming duties to sell jumpers! Even to this day, theoretically, it is completely illegal for me to knit anything. Also, being from the orginal Jersey, being constantly compared to refered to by the fake copy-cat is one of the biggest peeves for people here. Whether it is having to say “I’m from Jersey… no the original Jersey…. Old Jersey” or having to always search “Jersey Channel Islands” after every google search (though even ‘Channel Islands’ is also claimed by the yanks).
Mon v! Don't forget you can still be fined for knitting in church! the sound of needles was drowning out the Vicar's sermon.
Even though I’m from Jersey in the Channel Islands, I had no idea that we weren’t allowed British milk! I can’t believe I never noticed 🤦 I do usually buy the jersey milk though
Coming from jersey in the Channel Islands we constantly have to explain that we’re British and from an island called jersey and that we’re not American. Also I’ve been told by English people that we have a mix of a South African and a London/ Yorkshire accent depending on the person and pronunciation of words
As someone form New Jersey, we definitely learn in primary school that the island of Jersey is our states namesake. With that being said, many Americans and New Jerseyans simply refer to the state as “Jersey”, usually leaving the actual island of Jersey to be easily forgotten about. In most cases except for formal cases the “New” is constantly dropped. We refer to the Atlantic coast as the Jersey Shore, we split the state in either 2 or 3 sections (a passionately debated topic) with North Jersey and South Jersey and sometimes Central Jersey depending who you ask. Even the New Jersey devils hockey team mascot is known as the “Jersey Devil”. To many if not most Americans, the name Jersey is just an abbreviation of New Jersey or the sports wear. It has no correlation with the actual island of Jersey.
Wouldn't Americans wonder why it's called NEW Jersey? If a name includes "New" in it then most likely an "Old" version exists.
I am a passionate believer in the existence of Central Jersey.
Nobody refers to New York as just York
@@appa609 That's true, but pretty much everyone in North America will use “Jersey” for just New Jersey. I'm not sure why.🤔 New Hampshire isn't known as just “Hampshire”, so it probably isn't about the fact that's more than one syllable. Obviously, New Mexico couldn't be known as “Mexico”, but New Mexico has been known as such way before it was ever part of the U.S., even when it was part of Mexico.
@@bonecanoe86 I'm from South Plainfield - definitely in Central Jersey.
There is also Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania which is a town no where near the Jersey Shore. Additionally there is a NHL hockey team called the New Jersey Devils who use the Jersey Devil as their mascot. Which means there's a Jersey Devil on the jersey of the New Jersey Devils.
I've spent most of my life living in New Jersey and can tell you that most people here have very little awareness of "old" Jersey. I don't remember being taught about it in school. I think, for most people, there is a vague awareness that the existence of "New" Jersey implies the existence of an "old" Jersey. And that place was most likely in Europe.
Do you really have an official state demon?!
@@yousifisms that depends on how you want to define "official" and how you want to define "demon", I suppose. But there have been sightings of this creature going back to the 1700s, and it is so much a part of our culture that it's what our state's hockey team was named after.
@@doubleknots that’s awesome :)
I live in actual Jersey!
We got a statue of George cartret the person who found New Jersey
3:49 When I lived in Spain, as a North American I was incredibly confused why they called a sweater a jersey. Now it makes sense. Though still confused why they had never heard of Jersey knit bed sheets at the time. Hard to explain “a bed sheet made from the same fabric as a T-shirt.” “🤨Cotton?” was the only reply I would get.
I'm from New Jersey! We learn about the fact that the name comes from the island of Jersey in school, but that's about it. At least as far as I can remember, I was usually drawing in my notebook when I was supposed to be listening to the teacher hehe
-My crush: I'm from Jersey - Me trying to be an intellectual: The cow or the potato?
lol
Me an even greater intellectual: you mean Caesarea?
the most basic stitch in knitting is called jersey after the jumper (and the "jersey " fabric, the one used in t-shirt is bjust a fine knit rather than a woven fabric)
I'm now picturing a man named Julian wearing a football jersey in Jersey City, eating a Jersey Milk chocolate bar after a Cesar Salad, having been born via C-section, and having no idea that these are all the same name.
As a native Pennsylvanian, the neighboring state of New Jersey is always just "Jersey". It is interesting that people tend to say "Jersey" when referring to the state, but no one just says "York" to refer to New York. Guess it rolls off the tongue better, "Yeah, I had to take the Jersey Turnpike down to Philly." A little sports anecdote to tie together multiple of these uses for the word. Recently the New Jersey Devils of the NHL began to wear a black alternate jersey at times. The funny thing about this jersey is that the name used on the front on the sweater is simply "Jersey" not "New Jersey". The joke being that the Devils decided to label their jerseys so that players wouldn't forget. Like putting "Pants" on their pants or "Helmet" on their helmet. So you have the Jersey Devils wearing jerseys which say Jersey. And now I've typed the word jersey enough times that it is beginning to look weird.
I'm from (New) Jersey and I enjoy your comment. I never considered how funny just calling "New York," "York" would sound. Just never thought of it! It would constantly get confused with York, PA, too.
@@robinreneemusic Literally forgot about York, PA. That would indeed cause confusion at times.
If I bought you one of their jerseys for Christmas, then you'd have a...new New Jersey jersey.
This is a fun episode! I am from Southern New Jersey near where the Jersey Devil lurks. I was certainly aware of there being an island called Jersey but didn't recall the stories of how the cows and clothing wound up with that name as well. Thank you for those details about the island and the other places that have acquired its name. I always enjoy your posts.
I'm from Jersey, only 100,000 of us but we get around
The "ey" suffix is used for islands around Iceland, being short for eyja (island). It originally comes from old norse which was a close relative of old english. Orkney, for example, was named Orkneyjar by the norse. "eyjar" is simply the plural form of "ey", but the -jar was later removed. Whenever someone says "Orkney Islands" I can't help but think "Orkn Island Islands".
The 'ey' in Jersey does actually come from the Old Norse 'øy', not directly from Anglo-Saxon, like Name Explain implies. Considering Jersey was settled by Vikings in the early 10th century, it makes sense.
New Jersey born and raised here Had no idea what old jersey was until high school also massive props for referencing the jersey shore episode of always sunny, as a native of south jersey, i personally find much more pride in rum ham than the jersey shore tv show
Born and lived in (old) Jersey for 26 years. Visited USA once and some guys asked where I was from - I said Jersey and they looked at me puzzled. "We're from Jersey! Where's your accent!?". To which I explained there was an old Jersey and that's where I am from. Very few people outside the UK (and several in the UK) that I've met have heard about our little rock. There's a blowhole on the north coast of Jersey called Devil's hole - I'm not particularly familiar with the history of it but I wonder if it was called that at the time that colonists were settling New Jersey and stories about it could've influenced the New Jersey Devil.
Great job, as always, of clarifying this name and it's origin for us all. Especially someone like myself, living in North America and not even knowing about your island 🙄. Also thanks for the honourable mention 🙂
Living in Jersey (the Island in the Channel) I always wondered why when traveling people thought we were from New Jersey. If there is "New” in the name of a place that means there is no an original one. New York, New Zealand, New Mexico... I heard that people of new Jersey have a strong sense of identity, at least we can have that in common.
I've lived my whole life in New Jersey (so far). We were taught in school about the Isle of Jersey and that the state was originally a Dutch colony that was taken-over by the British when the British set up a blockade around New York Harbor and annexed the colony. New Jersey was given to a King Charles on the Isle of Jersey who stayed loyal to him. There actually is a Cultural Ambassador from the Isle of Jersey here in New Jersey. Although we call ourselves "New Jerseyans" he said they refer to themselves as "Jerseymen".
New Jersey was actually a gift from King Charles to George de Carteret, because de Carteret remains loyal to the monarchy during the Interregnum (the brief period when Britain was a republic). The Carterets were always the most noble family in the island. The Jersey parliament also got a royal mace. Recently, when George Floyd happened in America and people were calling for statues to be removed in England, someone called for a statue of Sir George Carteret to be removed from outside the pub named after him. And there's a square called Trenton Square they wanted renamed because Trenton was named after a slave trader.
True 'Jerseymen' call themselves 'Crapaud's' (Toads) to be exact the Western Common Toad -Bufos Spinosus.
The sleeveless top that's an essential part of an Aussie Rules Football kit/uniform is called a Guernsey, after the second largest Channel Island. Also, Queen Victoria wasn't on the throne in 1788??
He said 1878 for the time the spuds were given their origin, so that adds up You can still find traditional Guernseys (heavy knitted woollen jumpers), so similar story there I suppose for your Aussie Guernseys to N American Jerseys for sports. But I don't ever remember seeing an equivalent traditional woollen "Jerseys" and I'm from Jersey
The name "Jersey" reminds me of the Jersey mine in southern British Columbia (now closed) where my dad worked in the 1950's. There was also a Jersey townsite where the employees were housed.
As someone who is from New Jersey and is commenting from here, we learn the origins of our state's name, but it's not thought about much. As a huge sports fan, I usually think of the state then the sportswear before the island. Nice to hear my state talked about in a more positive light this video than usual considering people like to crap on us.
I'm from New Jersey for most of my life, I never knew where "Old Jersey" was until I purposefully looked it up a few years ago (I'm 21 now, so I went most of my life without actually knowing, it was almost a mythical place to me) and I only found out how New Jersey got its name through this video, so hopefully that speaks to the awareness of the average resident of the state that I had to go out of my way to learn!
Come visit! We can put you up somewhere!
My step aunt is from New Jersey. We call her Jersey. Those people have interesting personalities...
I’m from South Australia and we call most sports tops either a jersey or a guernsey… Basketball tops are normally Jerseys, whereas (Australian) football tops are referred to as Guernseys… I wonder if someone along the line just got confused which channel island the sporting uniform was named after and either one stuck for certain sports - pretty weird right?
Not an expert at all on this, but I imagine the reason you call them Guernseys is after the knitted jumpers they make in Guernsey. Both islands were mad for knitting, each had a specific pattern for their knitted jumpers, I believe Jersey's traditionally had an anchor at the neckline whereas the Guernsey didn't.
The diffrence is in the style of the knit. A Jersey traditionally has one of the 12 Parish symbols on the neck and Raglan sleeves. The Anchior being the parish Symbol of St Brelade's.
In Australia we call Aussie Rules Football singlets a guernsey while shirts for rugby, soccer etc a jersey
OMG. I never heard there's a Jersey Island in California. So I looked it up. It's 6.2 miles (10km) from me! I grew up in the area, been here 13 years. Probably have driven by going out of town. Never knew. To be fair, we have a bunch of little islands near me that until we recently had a fire on one, never thought about each having a name. I thought they were part of a small town by the Antioch bridge called Isleton. Lol
I know about Jersey just because I wanted to know if there was an old Jersey. lol. Since New York is named after York, England….I was curious if my home state was named after a place named Jersey and that is how I found out about the island but I doubt most people know this. lol
Well Patrick, go ahead and do a video on “Bailiwick” I’ll even hold off googling it until you do. Don’t want any spoilers!
I am from New Jersey and this was a cool history on the origin of the name of the state. We were taught of the history of the origin in school so this was a cool review for me. When I hear the word Jersey I think of home
I am South African. We call any sweater/jumper a jersey, as well as football or rugby shirts.
I never noticed Jersey was used so much!
Jersey island in California is off of the coast of Contra Costa County in the east Bay of the San Francisco Bay area. Some cities in Contra Costa County are Richmond, Antioch, Martinez, Walnut Creek, Concord, Pinole and Pittsburg just to name a few. I have family that live/ have lived in Pinole, Pittsburg, Antioch and Richmond. Fly into Oakland international since it's the closest airport to Contra Costa County, SFO (San Francisco internat'l is acceptable to The East Bay by The mass transit BART system but it'll talk over an hr to from SFO to anywhere in CCC.
someone from old jersey here o/ really enjoyed this video very rare to get a great video about us :D
It's curious how cities and places named after Caesar Augustus eventually evolved into very different names. In Spain, Caesaraugusta eventually became Zaragoza, Aosta in Italy, Augsburg in Germany
I don't know if the Caeserea in Turkey was after this emperor too, but there's also a Caeserea in Turkey with the modern name of: Kayseri.
On the northwest side of Houston, Texas, an independent municipality was formed after the F&M Jersey Ranch was open from 1938-1948 by Clark Wilcox Henry. Clark and his wife Bessie had not just the dairy farm, but Sunday entertainment to bring folks in to watch the milking and have Jersey ice cream in their purple and yellow shop. I’m researching the dairy farm history and the formation of the suburban oasis of Jersey Village as the “unofficial historian”. Any information of Jersey Island, cattle, importing cattle in the mid 1930s, or anything big or small is welcomed knowledge! - JVKimberlee
I have lived in New Jersey most of my life. We learn about the island in elementary school when we learn about the origin of the name of the state.
I am now embarrassed that despite living so close to New Jersey, I always thought it was named after a county within England
Fair enough we are only 9 miles long so not many people know about us
In Australia we have the jersey caramel, named for the colour of the cow. It is a soft caramel lolly of one white layer sandwiched between two layers of light brown.
Some may be interested in watching "The history of Jersey (in just under 10 minutes)" . It is quite good, and may stir your interest in our little island a bit more. Its on youTube. And while writing this, a beautiful Lancaster Bomber has just done a couple of passes over my home, with those Merlin's giving a very impressive roar. Its our annual air display today!
I've lived the majority of my life here in Northern New Jersey. Old Jersey, as we can it, is relatively unknown but of course we've all googled it once or twice. Truthfully we have more opinions about Snooki than we have about Jersey.
Oddly enough, Austalian football uniforms are commonly called guernseys.
So Jersey Caramels aren't a thing in England, I guess this is an New Zealand only thing then. Yummy little lollies two layers of caramel with a creamy layer between them, legit classic lolly over here.
I live in New Jersey and have all my left. I definitely know about the island because I looked it up as a kid (I’m in my mid-forties now). I figured if we were ‘New’ there had to be an existing one somewhere in Europe. It’s actually all the other places named Jersey in the US (outside NJ) that I hadn’t heard of.
Pretty proud to be from jersey ( the tiny island in the British isles) 🇯🇪🇯🇪
I used to live on Jersey Pike in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was pasture land not too very long ago so that’s how it got that name. It is now my 18 year old neighbor’s name. I really like Jersey as a given name.
Caesaraea -> Jersey within Latin AE - > long open E sound (like a Texan drawling out "my caaaaaat saaaat on my baaaack") C [K to CH before] soft vowels (including above sound) after Latin CESAREA loses short A in the middle CESREA swaps SR into easier RS CERSEA and we can respell C as CH in English both E and EA give the sounds previously spelled as EA CHERSEA which in long version in many dialects becomes AY Where thou, Great Anna whom three realms obey dost sometimes counsel take and sometimes tea Respell: CHERSAY - basically Jersey, just make the last ey into a short -i sound and soften CH to J.
There’s also a town in Pennsylvania just west of Williamsport named Jersey Shore. I grew up in NJ and when moving to Ohio and driving along I-80, I saw the sign and laughed. I never knew about it, even being in Williamsport before, just never went more west
I think of a particular type of knitted fabric, like a thick, stretchy t-shirt type material.
@ Brettski_1234. Sorry mate, guernsey is not just used for AFL. Guernsey and jersey have been used interchangeably in Rugby League and Union for very long time. Maybe it was a city country thing like port or case. I did find it interesting that both names referred to island neighbours in the English Channel. I dare say if you spoke to someone from Guernsey they would have suggested the woolen jumpers were named after their island.
the diffrence is in the style of the knit, those Carrot Crunching Northern Donkies can't knit raglan sleeves.
There is a town called Jersey Shore in Pennsylvania. I'm not sure why.
How did you overlook playing Het Wilhelmus? This state was part of Nieu Nederland, and I used to walk by an old dutch cemetery in JC.
I'm from New Jersey, the Jersey Shore (Belmar). I'd say it's relatively known that the state is named after the island of Jersey in the same way that we know where New York, New Hampshire, and New England get their names. In another point, when you mentioned the Jersey Devil, I thought you were going to bring it kind of full circle by stating the NHL hockey team, the New Jersey Devils are named after the creature and that the hockey team wears jerseys and that their alternative jersey has across the chest simply the word "Jersey."
You missed the town of "Jersey Shore", which isn't on the Jersey Shore, but in Central Pennsylvania.
If you have not done so,please do a video on the origins of names Guernsey & the Isle of Man.
New Jersey’s National Hockey League team is named after the aforementioned Devil.
On the Island of Jersey in conjunction with the State of New Jersey's Devil, there's an area on the North called 'Devils Hole' it's an Alcove in a cliff face where it's suggested that the old town folk used to throw their rubbish i.e. it was (being French) the de (of) ville (town) hole - in this case dump. Classy. Thanks for clarifying that Jersey isn't New Jersey the amount of times such a mistake has screwed me over internationally is ridiculous, best wishes, Stefan, St. Martins, Jersey, Channel Islands.
I believe Henry Cavill the superman himself came from this island
As someone from Jersey, it’s very nice to see us being talked about. Do want to add something to how New Jersey got named after Jersey, the reason Sir George Carteret was given that piece of land to begin with was because during the civil war, Jersey stayed loyal to the royals, and the new king hid in Jersey after the previous king died. Later on he gave land in America to the people most loyal to him in during the civil war, which included the governor of jersey
It was King Charles II we sheltered and he stayed at Hamptonne for a while and when he left for France he promised to allow the Island to self govern when he took the throne again. Our loyalty to the crown is also why (for a time) we were the only island to have the monarchs face on our money
I live in Jersey. It's nice. From north west England originally.
Umm… Jersey is not believed to have been derived from Caesarea but instead from Old Norse via the Normans.
What was the original name Jersey derived from?
@@okjoe5561 The most common theory is 'Geirrsøy' (Gierr's Island), probably named after a Viking settler of Normandy.
@@okjoe5561 Incedentally, we don't recoginise the King of England. We owe our alligence to his oldest title duc De Normandie. He may be a King in england but he's a Duc (Yes Correct spelling) in The Island's.
In Australian Rules football they wear a Guernsey 🤯.
It's astounding that this really really small island influenced so many names of things
There were in fact three cattle breeds originating in the Channel Islands. The Guernsey was a larger dairy cow than the Jersey and was of a pale fawn colour in patches , broken up with a white background. It was noted for the bright golden colour of its milk, and was the main dairy breed in the USA in the 19th /early 20th century. It is nearly extinct now in the UK sadly. The Alderney was found in small numbers , and contributed in a small way to the genetics of the Ayrshire breed , which is about 5% Alderney. Sadly the occupying German forces on Alderney killed them all, and it is now extinct.
There is also the story that Alderney Cattle got thier name because the boats transporting cattle from the Island's were reffered to as Alderney Packets. I know there is some current genetic research going on, be intresting to se ewhat conclusions are arrived at.
what about the fabric Jersey (what t-shirts are made from)?
Omg!! I’m from jerseyville.
I am Irish, we widely use the term jersey for sportswear
Is it just me or does Long Island look like part of NJ in this version of the map? (I say this with love. I know that’s just how all the lines are, whether it’s a border or a shore)
New Jersey should be officially changed to Lenape to honor the people who lived there, but even if that happened, it will still be referrred to as Jersey as a second name.
I live on Jersey it is funny talking to people in the USA so many have no idea about our island shame its history isn't taught more
Live ON Jersey? Locals live IN Jersey!
You missed Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania
I’ve never even visited jersey mikes but I associate the word with that
Did anyone else have to briefly pause at 4:24 to giggle like the immature person they are? And if I understand the song correctly, "Everything is legal in New Jersey When I hear Jersey, I think of the Island (I live in Scotland, for context). My cousin's wife is from the Island and while they live in Scotland too, their wedding was down there - it was one of the best weekends away we've had in recent years (having a rich uncle put a lot of money behind the bar definitely contributed to the enjoyment)
Suggestion why does mauritania and mauritius has such similar names?
@name explain I'm from a city called Camden New Jersey
Futurama: who knew there would be an actual factual hell and that it would be in New Jersey!
There is a town in Pennsylvania called Jersey Shore.
REAL JERSEY GANG 😤😤😤
I was born in England but moved to jersey when I was one .
You forgot the most important thing named after the island of Jersey. The Jersey Milk chocolate bar from Canada!
Caesarea > Caesar > Caezar > Caejar > Jarcae > Jersey. That's how the name changed.
I live in Jersey. We're also a massive tax haven. With well known companies keeping billions on our island.
IM FROM OG JERSEY WE FINALLY GOT MENTIONDDDD IM 13 AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY TIMES IVE SEEN US ON YT
i most link MCR with jersey lmao
Well I think of home when I hear the word Jersey, as I live on the Island.
South Africans call all jumpers jerseys like the og sailors
Home I'm from jersey 🇯🇪🇯🇪🇯🇪🇯🇪
I remember when I was young thinking it would be very confusing if the NHL team called The Devils ever renewed their uniform design 😅
as a jersey islander this makes me want to drink
Jersey club music is its own specific genre.
USS New Jersey "sank" an island. It comes full circle.
You know, historically speaking, Carmine always said Jersey was nothing more than a glorified crew.
That may be too subtle for this crowd.
So does that mean New Jersey is technically New Caesarea Island?
Jersey Mikes the sandwich place
I'm from Jersey and I would like to point out that the New Jersey is not superior to Jersey in any metric. We are far superior in every way and always will be.
All the places called Victoria 👀
You'll all be glad to hear that the commentary is NOT a typical Jersey accent..
Ah hell 'A! Yu sa'ng we can't talk proper then 'A. Must a Gurnersey man!
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Jersey Bar