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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by noir_lord on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:26PM (#49351270)
My missus is Hungarian, I'm sure it's a lovely language but it just sounds like Klingon to me.

Which makes it hilarious when she's annoyed at the boy.

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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by pndy on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:42PM (#49351518)
The fact that Sz in Hungarian reads as s and other way around, S becomes sh - is mind-boggling especially for Poles, where Sz is pronounced as sh. and S remains s.
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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by nine_k on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @05:21PM (#49352900)
In Spanish "z" always sounds [s] (except in Spain where it sounds [θ]), but "s" can often sound [z].
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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by huhtenberg on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @07:56AM (#49360315)
Wait for the Italian where "cc" makes a "ch" sound and "ch" is "k"

* When followed by e or i.

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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by pndy on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @12:04PM (#49363394)
Oh mio Dio :x
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