Where IKEA get the names
“Beds, wardrobes, hall furniture: Norwegian placenames
Dining tables and chairs: Finnish placenames
Bookcase ranges: Occupations
Bathroom articles: Scandinavian lakes, rivers and bays
Kitchens: grammatical terms, sometimes also other names
Chairs, desks: men’s names
Materials, curtains: women’s names
Garden furniture: Swedish islands
Carpets: Danish placenames
Lighting: terms from music, chemistry, meteorology, measures, weights, seasons, months, days, boats, sailors’ language
Bedlinen, bedcovers, pillows/cushions: flowers, plants, precious stones
Children’s items: mammals, birds, adjectives
Curtain accessories: mathematical and geometrical terms
Kitchen utensils (cutlery, crockers, textiles, glass, porcelain,
tablecloths, candles, serviettes, decorative articles, vases etc.):
foreign words, spices, herbs, fish, mushrooms, fruits or berries,
functional descriptions…”
By Margaret Marks
Transblawg
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