IKEA - how do you pronounce it?
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I've always pronounced it eye-key-er but listening to an advert on the radio, the Swedish sounding chap pronounces it ee-key-er.
Someone I know pronounces it icky-er, but that just sounds silly.
How about you?
Someone I know pronounces it icky-er, but that just sounds silly.
How about you?
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Which is?
And how do Americans pronounce Apple!?
I've only ever heard people say eye-key-er
And have you never heard an American say apple?
"Fer - kin - nite - mare".
Rather like Nestlé then. Used to rhyme with "wrestle", but now the French pronunciation is gaining ground.
That's always been ness-lay for me
You are probably from the younger generation then!
Apologies, I'm getting mixed up with Harvey Nicholls.
Some sense at last.
The acute accent on the "e" means it's pronounced "Nest-lay", even in English. Since when did people pronounce it "Nestil"?
More like "Nessl". This was the usual pronunciation (and used by the company itself in the UK) back in the 1950s/1960s and possibly later. Gosh, I'm feeling old now!
Yeah, the Milky Bar Kid even used to pronounce it "Nestle" (as in the verb) even though the accent was there.
I am old enough to remember that until the 60's the generally accepted pronunciation was 'Nessell'
It was always "Nessels" with an S on the end though.
That's true. It was always in the context of "Nestle's Milky Bar", so it had a possessive "s".
Probably, but not so I've noticed. But now I'm intrigued. How does it differ?