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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by dylan604 on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @09:02PM (#49355206)
At least BYDGOSZCZ is a real word in a real language
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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by mikestorrent on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @09:35PM (#49355437)
Place looks pretty nice, too.
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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by pseudohadamard on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @06:16AM (#49359434)
Note to self: Change WiFi password, some bastard has posted it to HN for everyone to see.
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Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by 1-more on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @05:44PM (#49367595)
It's not even that hard? Polish always takes a lot of crap for using z to modify the previous letter in exactly* the same way that h modifies the previous letter in English.

* I'm sure it's not exactly the same, but people appreciate the effort of getting 90% of the way there by doing that.

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