Ikea in Swedish shows how to pronounce the names of your favourite furnishings

Date
29 May 2013

We’ve all been there, cruising through Ikea’s giant field of homeware dreams only to find that the geometric patterned rug you’ve travelled for hours to purchase isn’t available on the shop floor. Off you go to find the nearest assistant to fetch you one from out back, and then you freeze. How do you even pronounce the name of the thing? “Hall-knop,” you mutter apologetically. “Haller-um…” the disdainful look from the yellow-clad employee is enough to send you scurrying away so that no other customers can overhear your linguistic failings. You head straight for the door and return to your woefully spartan flat empty-handed.

Well, all that retail angst is now a thing of the past thanks to a new innovation from Alexander Norling and his small team of collaborators. Ikea in Swedish is a website that handily offers audio recordings of the names of your favourite Ikea products (it’s pronounced ‘hellerknoop’ you numpty) meaning you’ll never struggle to buy modestly-priced furniture again. Phew!

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Ikea In Swedish

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James Cartwright

James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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