How does IKEA come up with names for its products?

Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by fragmede on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @07:03PM (#49354059)

You really wanna get weird, there's those continents of Asia, Africa, and South America, full of different sounds to use for names. Ikea is Swedish, so they get to propagate Swedish culture to the rest of the world.

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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by psunavy03 on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @08:53PM (#49355132)

With a side of tasty meatballs.

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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by dylan604 on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @09:08PM (#49355254)

I've had tasty meatballs. It was the lingonberry sauce that I was introduced from Ikea.

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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by MomsAVoxell on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @10:19AM (#49361992)

Has anyone else noticed that Ikea meatballs aren’t as tasty as they used to be? And then there’s that whole issue of there being, like, 4 different types, and none of them seem to be what they sound like.

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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by pseudohadamard on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @06:20AM (#49359474)

I can just imagine Chinese IKEA, their entire product list would be Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī Shì shíshí shì shì shì shī Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì Shì shí, shì Shī Shì shì shì Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, shǐ shì shí shī shìshì Shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shíshì Shíshì shī, Shì shǐ shì shì shíshì Shíshì shì, Shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī shī, shí shí shí shī shī Shì shì shì shì.

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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by freddyfloof on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @10:55AM (#49362502)

My favourite poem!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_...

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