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How do you pronounce the word Skein?

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Sat, 2006-12-16 05:28 — wackowally
Skee-n
32% (253 votes)
Skay-n
63% (493 votes)
Sky-n
3% (21 votes)
Hank
2% (19 votes)
Total votes: 786

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Sat, 2007-03-03 10:38 — Rowan
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LOL! I don't!!!! I am deaf,

LOL! I don't!!!! I am deaf, so I just fingerspell it!

Sun, 2007-02-25 21:36 — zanngo
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If y'all really are

If y'all really are concerned about correct pronunciation, "skayn" is the only correct one according to the dictionary. And if you know even a portion of any other language than English, you'll know that that is, indeed, the way it would be pronounced by ANY European-language speaker seeing the word for the first time... To pronounce it "skeen", you'd have to spell it skien, right? Okay, I think I'm way too bitchy of a commentator. Sorry. :)

Thu, 2006-12-21 21:03 — madhatter7zero
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Glad to know I'm not the

Glad to know I'm not the only one who say's "SKEEN" lol.

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Mon, 2006-12-18 09:18 — MMario
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by preference - "center pull

by preference - "center pull ball" - but "hank" works too.

MMario - I don't live in the 21st Century - but I sometimes play a character who does.

Sat, 2006-12-16 23:57 — Serge664
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sometimes I like to throw

sometimes I like to throw the customers off by telling then to go pick out a clue...


Please remember: I have a collection of needles and a history of violence

Tue, 2006-12-19 14:58 — Michael Cook
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I like to carry tiny balls

I like to carry tiny balls of scrap yarn in my work bag, for just this sort of eventuality - every once in a while, you run into someone truly clueless, and it feels good to be able to share one of mine.

Unfortunately, they never, ever get it.

Sat, 2006-12-16 09:40 — Chris Vandenburg
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"project" wasn't an option.

"project" wasn't an option. So I voted "the skein in Spain stays mainly in the plain".

"Yarn taught me to walk and talk like a regular lady she did!"

Sat, 2006-12-16 13:13 — grandcarriage
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Bless your heart...That made

Bless your heart...That made me laugh right out loud.

I'm not a Canadian, but I play one in my dreams."

Sat, 2006-12-16 05:53 — MovinOn

NOUN: 1a. A length of thread

NOUN: 1a. A length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil. b. Something suggesting the coil of a skein; a complex tangle: a twisted skein of lies. 2. A flock of geese or similar birds in flight. See synonyms at flock1.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English skeine, from Old French escaigne.

Pronounced: Skane as in Pain.

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