Lufu 1st Gear December 19, 2009 Share December 19, 2009 Most people pronounce IKEA as e-kea (e followed by kea) but I was told the correct pronunciation should have been i-kea (i followed by kea) ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendstar Supercharged December 19, 2009 Share December 19, 2009 yep i-kea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplesilver 1st Gear December 19, 2009 Share December 19, 2009 Not (Yik-kia)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 Or is it i-key-ya?? But EEE-KIA...sounds more smooth with us.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendary Clutched December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 Taken from Wiki: In most languages, "IKEA" is pronounced something like [iˈke.a], but in English it is /aɪˈkiː.ə/, similar to the word "idea." As such, IKEA brought action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia successfully preventing a competitor in Victoria from using the name "Idea." Its Chinese name is "宜家" (y Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lv3338 Clutched December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 one more option to consider... but in hokkien... 他去啊 ! = yi ki ya.... = his is death... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porche 5th Gear December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 US pronounce as I...Kea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattychubby 1st Gear December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 any swedes around? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Neutral Newbie December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 should be e-kia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultramega 1st Gear December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 I ever had a foreign friend tell me "Let's go to 'ee-kay-eh' for lunch"... i tot he was talking about some jap restuarant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seevic Neutral Newbie December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 I ever had a foreign friend tell me "Let's go to 'ee-kay-eh' for lunch"... i tot he was talking about some jap restuarant. Correctly pronounced as "Ee-KAY-a". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atonchia Supersonic December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 All the 'Ai' stuff are American prounciation. Likewise it's Nai-Kon or Nee-Kon for NIKON, We should follow how the local pronounces it, Japan is called Nihon not 'Nai-hon', Nippon not 'Nai pon' If the Swedes call Ee-Kea then just follow them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benarsenal Turbocharged December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 E-kea. Only the Americans call it I-kea. Cos they're stupid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigershark1976 Turbocharged December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 one more option to consider... but in hokkien... 他去啊 ! = yi ki ya.... = his is death... hahahahaha... thats creative!!! i must tell me Ikea friend in Mkt Dept Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigershark1976 Turbocharged December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 my friend from IKEA pronounce it as I-Kea, i always call it "E-kia" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ah_roy81 Neutral Newbie December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 it's definitely pronounced as i-kea..cos i saw a the amazing race episode few yrs back..the contestants were in sweden's Ikea headquarters to accomplish some tasks and the staff there all greeted them with "Welcome to I-Kea" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenson_ong Neutral Newbie December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 It's pronounced as e-k-ah. My swedish tutor told me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronleo 6th Gear December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 e-kia! ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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