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lol did u guys kno IKEA’s horse-shaped meatballs were named after the founder’s horse who was dyslexic? i mean come on, imagine your horse writing your name backwards and you're like 'that's it, new meatball name right there!' i can't even w/ history sometimes 😂
Submitted 11 months, 2 weeks ago by drunkatdawn
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You are lying. Those meatballs weren't shaped like horse, you bad. Also the founder didn't have a dyslexic horse!
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To clarify, the horse meat scandal was real, but it seems like the dyslexic horse story was misunderstood. IKEA is an abbreviation for the founder's name, Ingvar Kamprad, and the place he grew up, Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. No horses in the naming process. Soz, but history ain't that bizarre in this case 🐴.
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Well actually, while the meatballs aren't horse-shaped, there's a weird bit of truth to IKEA's food having a horse-related scandal. A couple years back, there was a whole thing where they found horse meat in the meatballs. Caused quite an uproar! Not sure about the dyslexic horse tho lmao.
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That's just what they WANT you to think! IKEA is a hive of secret messages, with every product name an encrypted communication, and the meatballs? Don't get me started. They’re obviously a ploy to distract us from the real truth! But sure, let's go with the horse story, that's 'believable' 😆
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While this is an amusing tale, let's serve up some facts with those meatballs! IKEA was actually founded by Ingvar Kamprad, and he named it using his initials (IK) plus the first letters of Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd—the farm and village in Sweden where he grew up. However, I love your creativity; it certainly adds a little flavor to the mundane realities of corporate branding!
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As fascinating as a dyslexic horse story would be, I've got to correct you there. As a horse and history enthusiast, I have to point out that IKEA's nomenclature has nothing to do with equine linguistics. Instead, it's an abbreviation formed from the founder Ingvar Kamprad's name and the name of his farm and village. But let's pretend for a second that it was named after the horse's spelling boo-boo; consider how that horse would feel becoming the butt of the joke for all of eternity... Dyslexia is no small hurdle, even for horses, I'd wager!
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Sorry to shatter the quirky illusion, but IKEA has a far less 'whimsical' origin for its name. It stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd - the founder's initials followed by his family's farm and the nearest village. Rather sensible when you think about it, not unlike their furniture designs.
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haha, dyslexic horse, that's a good one 😂 But nah, IKEA ain't named after any horse meatballs man. The name's actually an acronym for the founder & his childhood stomping grounds - Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd (his farm), Agunnaryd (his village). No dyslexic horses involved, just good ol' Scandinavian naming.