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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:13 AM
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This has been bugging me so I have to ask.
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:13 AM
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:29 AM
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Seriously? I was off.
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:36 AM
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or teighn

but ya, thats how ya say it

no worries, gotta learn somehow, as my boss always said, theres no dumb question till you dont ask n fu** sumthin up
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:42 AM
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you're forgiven
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:56 AM
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I always said T-N
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 02:12 PM
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"Teen"
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Sciontuner
tayne
Correct.
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:36 PM
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its TEE IN

tein stands for technical innovation, so break off the rest of the letters and you can assume how it is pronounced, but yes.. it is pronounce T N like said about.

if you dont believe me, call them up and see what they say when they answer the phone
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:38 PM
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it is short for technical innovation but they ran an ad in a mag several years back with the phonetic pronunciation symbols above the letters and following that it is "tayne".
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:41 PM
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wow... this thread didn't really help anybody
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 05:00 PM
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I call it Tee-in.
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 06:03 PM
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definately tayne. for sure. my buddy and i called th ecompany and ordered some world sport shock n struts for his car
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 06:06 PM
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its supposed to be tayne... it rhymes with insane. thats what they said on tv once.
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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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
Old Nov 12, 2006 | 12:10 AM
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I watched something on Speen TV and they had a guy from Tein on there. He said its pronounced "Tayne" like was previously mentioned in the post.

Tein rhymes with fame,pain,cain,train...ok im done..
Old Nov 12, 2006 | 04:59 PM
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I called Tein to ask them yesterday. She laughed and said people call to ask this all the time. She said it started as Te-In but has evovled into tayne and that is what they use all the time now.
Old Nov 12, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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see! told ya
Old Nov 12, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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i thought it was tea-N
Old Nov 13, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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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)



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