ick-ay-ah or eye-key-er

[JimBobplusasprog]

Wtf with the radio advert?

[bulby]

Eye-key-ah but i suspect that in sweden thats not how it's said.In Malaysia they pronounced it ikky-ah. If you think ikea here is hell on earth you are wrong- it's the

[bulby]

Eye-key-ah but i suspect that in sweden thats not how it's said.In Malaysia they pronounced it ikky-ah. If you think ikea here is hell on earth you are wrong- it's the one in KL.

[purplebaubles]

Ick-key-ah is how the Swedish say it.

Everyone here calls it Eye-Key-A. (and in the States for eg)ex ikea employee

[withextradinosaurs]

Posh boss called it ikky ah, I had no idea what he was talking about.

[OwlCapone]

You can not have a company called Ickier in the UK.

[Waltonswatcher1]

Ickier is the new pronunciation in this house - it's on the new telly ads and the teenager thinks its hysterical .
One of my toddlers first words was ikea . She will have to be retrained !

[Forgettable]

Ikky yah gives me the giggles, I know it's the correct prn but it puts me in mind of pretentious thorrrrr-ithhhhhoh types

(We still snigger at posho neighbour going to NicarAGue-arrr and coming back with tales of his time in NeeeCaarAgwarrrr)

[MrsTerryPratchett]

My Mum says ick-ay-ah but she can be a little Hyacinth Bucket...

[EmmaGellerGreen]

My SIL is from Singapore and she talks about going to icky-ya. We were very perplexed until she showed us this wonderful shop on line.

[specialsubject]

things you find out when you work abroad - in Greece is it indeed ick-ee-ah. Any other combination and all you get is puzzled looks.

[DelGirl]

Ick aya where I am, Italy. Eye keea in the uk

[MoominIsWaitingToMeetHerMiniMe]

My dad used to work there and calls it Eye-key-ah.

[IneedAwittierNickname]

My family in Sweden call it ickeea.
They laugh at the English relatives who say eye-key-a.

[cory]

being a Swedish immigrant, I make a great effort to say eye-kee-ah rather than ick-ee-ah

hypercorrection, I believe it's called

(but it should never be ickier- the stress should always fall on the second syllable)

[gordyslovesheep]

eye-kee-a here in sunny Tamworth

[Ticklefeet]

Is it a Greek god or something my Greek friend says ik ya as he says it is from a Greek myth?

[ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie]

I cringe when my Swedish-speaking DH says it the "correct" way. He can't help it, poor love. I mean, I know Paris is Pa-ree in French but I still say Paris!

[LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726]

Ick-ay-ah is how it is sounded in French; it's how my French boss pronounces it.

I've often wondered about 'pap-reek-ah' as opposed to 'papp-rick-car'... I say it as the second version.

[cory]

Nothing to do with Greek gods, Ticklefeet; it's the founder's initials.

[mermaidbutmytailfelloff]

Worse than all this was when my dp who speaks Swedish decided for some reason the shop staff would speak Swedish too. Bemused looks all round, he still can't understand why they couldn't understand him poor love

[JonathanGirl]

I say "Eye-keer"

Surely I can't be the only one who says it in only two syllables?

[AphraBane]

It's ick-ay-uh here in Germany

[JessieMcJessie]

Forgettable "chorizo" would never have a "th" sound at the beginning. It's exactly the same "ch" sound in Spanish and English".

[LemonBreeland]

I have Swedish family who say Ick eee ah

[StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes]

tis a bit like Pr -eye-mark as its now known and Pree - mark as I used to know it when I lived 'oop north' before we got it here in the SW