I was curious too, so I googled and this came up...
http://forvo.com/word/ikea/
Anyway, I don't think knowing the real pronunciation really matters as different regions pronounce word forms differently due to their culture. As long as the people around you understand what you trying to say it's fine I guess since both pronunciation sound logical.
ATTN: JoeJoe – You awesome! That website is da bomb lah. It's official. OUR pronunciation is closer to the one online than the one that starts with 'eye'. YES!!! We win! Whoopie!
=p its actually eeeeee-key-ya la..=p years ago when i did research on ikea i asked this girl in ikea website, the person who you chat with her online la.
but in america they read it as eye-key-ya, because they r just being american have to be special abit, like how they pronounce iraq as eye-rack.
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IMHO, the former is just the wanky American habit of pronouncing words that begin with the letter 'I' as "eye" (e.g. Eye-raq, Eye-ran)
eye keah!!
ATTN: Random Surfer
– So means ee-kay-ah is correct?
ATTN: ming
– Eeyer. You wanky American wannabe!
errr..... i pronounce it as eye-kee-ah..
ATTN: tINg`
– Damn. Different from me. So is it correct ah?
ikea is swedish...so, pronounce it like how the swedes pronounce it like. ...but dun ask me how..coz i dunno how also ...hahaha....
its ee-kay-ah for me!
ATTN: sheon
– Ish. You think I dunno I'm supposed to say it the Swedish way meh? Grrr. Thing is I dunno which way is the Swedish way!
But at least you also say it my way so not so bad. Haha. Means it's still not confirmed which one is right and which one is wrong. =p
I was curious too, so I googled and this came up...
http://forvo.com/word/ikea/
Anyway, I don't think knowing the real pronunciation really matters as different regions pronounce word forms differently due to their culture. As long as the people around you understand what you trying to say it's fine I guess since both pronunciation sound logical.
Btw, I pronounce the later, "Ee-Kay-ah"
ATTN: JoeJoe
– You awesome! That website is da bomb lah. It's official. OUR pronunciation is closer to the one online than the one that starts with 'eye'. YES!!! We win! Whoopie!
I was in Norway a couple of years ago on student exchange and I think the Scandinavians pronounce it something like ee-kay-ah. Cos I asked. Lol.
Quite cool one they have designated bus stops for Ikea shuttle bus. Chun anot?
ATTN: The Faux Fashionista
– Whoa. You went to Norway for exchange? That must have been fun.
And there all very chun lah. Not like here. Everything also half past six.
=p
its actually eeeeee-key-ya la..=p years ago when i did research on ikea i asked this girl in ikea website, the person who you chat with her online la.
but in america they read it as eye-key-ya, because they r just being american have to be special abit, like how they pronounce iraq as eye-rack.
ATTN: ming
– WHEEE!!! So it means that I'm right! Wakakaka. Ah Beng lose this round. DING DING! Haha. You come back, we celebrate. =p
America sesat.
=p
make time for me babe!!!!!!!!!
ATTN: ming
– Haha. Of course lah. =p
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