Just a goldarned cotton-pickin' minute there, Muskrat!
Hi all, I do not agree that Brian Sewell, was any kind of guide to the pronunciation of English. I think his affected way of pronouncing Ikea as Aykayer was a joke.
Maybe you could remind us just which language "IKEA" comes from? Swedish, perchance? Not a good example; even on their own TV advertisement it is pronounced "Icky-err"whereas everyone I've heard (apart from BS) uses "Eye-Keeyer".
Fair do's, m'duck. I'd take issue more with barth, grarse and marles (and your punctuation, but that's for another day).
DM (Nighty-night)