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The Curious Case of IKEA Vocabulary
Part of what makes IKEA unique is their product names. Each name means something, often in a funny or ambigious way. When IKEA went international, they decided to use the same Swedish names everywhere. This makes sense from an organizational sanity standpoint, but it deprives most of the world of this particular joy.
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Sep 23, 2021 | The Curious Case of IKEA Vocabulary by MihikaBasu | 124 | 70 |
