Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 26, 2004, 6:31 |
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On Wednesday, February 25, 2004, at 02:34 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 10:44:37AM +0100, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>> Also, how do Downundrians pronounce "IKEA"? Some monstrosity like
>> [ajki:@], no doubt? (Swedish [Ike:a])
>
> That monstrosity is a pretty accurate representation of how we
> Leftpondians
> pronounce it, FWIW. You didn't indicate emphasis, but it falls on the
> [ki:].
The monstrosity is also the way I hear it pronounced over here in
Rightpondia, with the stress on [ki:]. I mean, how else do you expect
IKEA to be pronounced? The average 'anglophone in the street' hasn't a
clue how Swedish is pronounced ;)
Ray
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