Bahne: Correct Pronunciation

General Discussion
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I just picked one off craigslist, and don’t know the proper pronunciation.

Bahne like the german road Autobahn (sans e), or is it

Bahne, with a long A, rhyming with Cane?

Perhaps it is Bahne and rhymes with Donna?

maybe Bahne rhyming with Granny?

Does Bahne rhyme with Rainy?

Seriously, I know some of you are snickering, but I had been mispronouncing Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy’s name for about 15 years before I learned the correct pronunciation on Behind the Music. Bill (the first name is easy) Bahne deserves to have his name pronounced correctly, if I’m gonna ride his creation.

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Pronounced with a long A.

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I’ve always said it so it sounds like this: “Semprini” but Bill is probably right and I MAY be wrong.

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Let’s ask Surftech, LOL. Seriously, I’ve heard many people (some claim to know him) who pronounce it like Bill says… with long “A”…followed by long “E”. Bay-Knee(?)

http://www.surftech.com/longboards.php?shaper=21

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J - I think you are talking about two different guys

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what bill says.

like wolf’s bane , or sugar cane. or the ‘a’ in faint.

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http://www.infinitysurfboard.com/aboutus.htm Steve Boehne

http://www.finsunlimited.com/about.html Bill Bahne

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Since we’re on pronunciation, I’ve been wondering something too…

When I put a fillet around the bottom of a glass-on, is that pronounced;

  1. Fill-aye, as in what you do to a fish to take the meat off the bone.

  2. Fill-it, as in fill it (it being the space where the fin meets the board).

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#2

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refuheeoh? refoofeeoh? refewgeeoh?

san peedro? san paydro?

peedro point? paydro point?

oo koo lay lay? yewka laylee?

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peedro point? paydro point?

i say paydro, but that’s 'cause i’m cantankerous. i also decided against enrolling my kids in Cabrillo school because I knew I’d go crazy hearing all the people saying it “ca-bril-lo” for 8 years.

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Boehne/Bahne… DOH!~my bad.

Please don’t ask me how to say San Luis Obispo.

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Potatoe?

You guys are driving me crazy. Everyone knows it’s potatoe, not potato!

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Because it was discovered by the French, it’s St. Louis Obispeaux