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<blockquote data-quote="Emelee" data-source="post: 76804" data-attributes="member: 73"><p>Reading the BBC article that Mel posted above, I reacted to 2 other names that people have problems with...</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>IKEA</strong>: if you follow the Swedes, it's "ee-kay-uh" not "eye-kee-ah". The word is made up of the initials of the founder's name and the village he grew up in.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Another sports brand getting our tongues in a twist is <strong>Adidas</strong>. Named after its founder Adi Dassler (Adolf Dassler), it's A-di-das not a-DEE-das.</li> </ul><p></p><p>IKEA is pronounced [ee-kay-uh] in Sweden -- but when I say IKEA in an English sentence, I pronounce it [eye-key-ah]! I believe many Swedes change it to the incorrect pronounciation when speaking English. It's because we've heard it pronounced like that so often that we adopt it ourselves -- but only when speaking English! </p><p></p><p>ADIDAS; I know what the correct pronounciation is, but it just sounds too strange to say it!! I've said [a-DEE-das] my whole life, and it's the only pronounciation that I've ever really heard. So I continue using that. To heck with what it's supposed to be! <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0208.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emelee, post: 76804, member: 73"] Reading the BBC article that Mel posted above, I reacted to 2 other names that people have problems with... [LIST] [*][B]IKEA[/B]: if you follow the Swedes, it's "ee-kay-uh" not "eye-kee-ah". The word is made up of the initials of the founder's name and the village he grew up in. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Another sports brand getting our tongues in a twist is [B]Adidas[/B]. Named after its founder Adi Dassler (Adolf Dassler), it's A-di-das not a-DEE-das. [/LIST] IKEA is pronounced [ee-kay-uh] in Sweden -- but when I say IKEA in an English sentence, I pronounce it [eye-key-ah]! I believe many Swedes change it to the incorrect pronounciation when speaking English. It's because we've heard it pronounced like that so often that we adopt it ourselves -- but only when speaking English! ADIDAS; I know what the correct pronounciation is, but it just sounds too strange to say it!! I've said [a-DEE-das] my whole life, and it's the only pronounciation that I've ever really heard. So I continue using that. To heck with what it's supposed to be! :lol: [/QUOTE]
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