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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 03:30 AM
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like i said haha
Old Nov 14, 2006 | 07:29 PM
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I talked to the Tein people at SEMA and they said it's pronounced "tane."
Old Nov 14, 2006 | 07:52 PM
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what about enkei? lol.
Old Nov 14, 2006 | 07:57 PM
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Te in , like tea in china!
Old Nov 14, 2006 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Sciontuner
well if you look at technical innovation

phonetically

tehcknickahl ihnnovaytion

so teh ihn

teighn, tayne, not like a twangy taYne. like a soft y. teighn is probly the best way to say it i guess
Actually, the phoenetics would be {tæn}
Old Nov 15, 2006 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by theblue
what about enkei? lol.
I used to call it en-kay, but my bro said it's ink-y, so I met him halfway, and started calling it en-key.
Old Nov 15, 2006 | 12:46 AM
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well maybe i didnt write it as well, but what i read there sounds to me lie tayne
Old Nov 15, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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I called Enkei "inky" as a kid.

If I am not mistaken though it is actually pronounced "On-kei". Rhymes with "eye."
Old Nov 15, 2006 | 11:34 PM
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pronounced Enky........Tein is Tane like OC-TANE
Old Nov 16, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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Tayne.........T-en..............we all mean the same. Me and my friend, even my bro say it
T-N or T-en. Here is my reason: Aren't E and I vowels. So if a vowel is in front of another letter, it has no sound, just a name. Confused???? u would say "A" not, "Ayyy." Remember ur kindergarden teachings. They made u do all the sounds and stuff.

So The "i" would make the e, a E. Hence, T and then N.

I have a funny feeling my reason is all **** up.

Whatevery, the answer is that we all mean the same. Its the company with that green coilover character, lol.
Old Nov 16, 2006 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by teabox
Remember ur kindergarden teachings. They made u do all the sounds and stuff.
You mean kindergarten, right?


Old Nov 17, 2006 | 03:24 AM
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Originally Posted by cvrefugee
Originally Posted by teabox
Remember ur kindergarden teachings. They made u do all the sounds and stuff.
You mean kindergarten, right?


.............I got all caught up with this that I misspelled it. WHERE IS SPELLCHECK.........
Old Nov 17, 2006 | 03:25 AM
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At least I don't misspell every word on this site like some other people do. What is America turning to?
Old Nov 17, 2006 | 03:28 AM
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ah i was wondering the same thing... now i know that everyone is wonderin the same thing, i dont feel so foolish
Old Nov 17, 2006 | 04:12 AM
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Yep, I was on a PSP forum for a while, waiting for a downgrader for my PSP, and OH MY GOD is their spelling horribly, horribly, drunkenly f***ed up.
Old Nov 17, 2006 | 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by teabox
.............I got all caught up with this that I misspelled it. WHERE IS SPELLCHECK.........
Download Mozilla Firefox 2.0, it has built-in spell check (as you type).
Old Nov 20, 2006 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Venom_Xb
It pronounced TANE.....as in OC-TANE. I am buying the super streets and everyone that I have talked to pronounces it TANE( or TAYNE like brianxb said)
exactly, nice job explaining it dude
Old Nov 20, 2006 | 04:49 PM
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Geez...plain and simple its TANE!!!! This is a Japanese company. They spell and pronounce different than we do. So....are we all done with this now? Class how do we pronounce it? Altogether now...TANE
Old Nov 22, 2006 | 09:43 AM
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Untill I saw that thing on the Speed channel, I thought it was pronounced like the the 3 eyed guy from DBZ (Tea-in). Now i say it with a long "A" sound.
Old Nov 23, 2006 | 05:21 AM
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tane.



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