You’ve been pronouncing Sega, Ikea and Casio wrong for YEARS
While some names may be tricky, such as Huawei, Lucy explained how to properly say even simple-sounding names such as Ikea.
Posting a video to her YouTube blog, English with Lucy, the clip has racked up more than 95,000 views as people school themselves in the 11 brand names.
She begins with the tricky Huawei, explaining it’s a Chinese brand with lots of variations on how to pronounce it.
Lucy says: “But it should be ‘huah-wey’.”
Another common name Lucy revealed is often mispronounced is Adobe.
The proper method is ‘uh-doh-be’, and she added a lot of people will sound out the ‘e’ on the end for no reason.
Third on the list is everyone’s favourite Swedish furniture store, Ikea.
So if you’re planning any home improvements – take note as Lucy says the actual pronunciation is ‘ee-kay-uh’.
Next up, Lucy says: “If you’re really posh you’ll have a washing machine and a dishwasher from this brand.”
German company Miele – the surname of the founder – should be pronounced ‘mee-l(uh)’.
If like the rest of us you have a Bosch washing machine, turns out you might have been saying that wrong as well.
Lucy explains it’s very simple to get it right, just drop that c and pronounce it as ‘bosh’.
If you’re a fan of time pieces, then take note before asking for one of these brands in the shop.
Lucy says Tag Heuer should be sounded out as ‘tag haw-yuh’, and fellow watch branch Casio should in fact be ‘kash-ee-oh’ – another surname of the founder.
And one of the most famous watch brands, Rolex is a French brand, so we really need to roll those Rs.
Lucy says it should be sounded out as ‘(r) o-lex’.
The stuff of childhood dreams, Sega is a Japanese brand so we’ve likely been saying it wrong all our lives as well.
Lucy said: “I have very happy memories of playing these games as a kid.”
But it should be said as ‘seh-gah’.
Inkeeping with the tech theme, Lucy explains: “This one definitely shocked me.”
Asus should be pronounced as ‘ei-zooss’.
If you’re reading this on your smartphone and it’s an Android, take note as Samsung is next on the list.
The tech giant’s true pronunciation is actually ‘sam-song’.
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