My girlfriend and I have been arguing over how "Spohn" is pronounced. I say it's like "spoon", and she says it's "spawn". Who is right?

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I'd rather be historically accurate than politically correct!

 

I with your gf. I think its "Spawn", also.

 

I've actually been pronouncing it spohn. Like sp + ohn (as in the "O-N-E" in bone.)

 

I'm with soulbounder

 

i think its spoon

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88' GTA 350 MODS---> air foil, K&N, Shift Kit, 180* therm, TB bypass

 

I thought it was more like "John" with a SP instead of a J.

[This message has been edited by AntiVTEC (edited August 05, 2001).]

 

Not sure either but it sounds cooler when you tell people you have "spawn" subframe connecters rather than "spoon" subframe connecters. lol

 

LOL

Why don't you call and see what they say when they answer the phone.

 

I'm with SoulBounder.

 

You might get a better answer on the Spohn board.

 

Im with AntiVTEC, just seems right

 

I just called them up. It is pronounced rhyming with "bone". Check it out for yourself: 1-888-265-6064

 

For some reason I pronunced it that way, rhyming with "phone" or "clone".

Thanks, I was losing sleep

 

Crap... I was hoping it was the John version. Sounds cooler don't yah think?

 

I figured Spohn himself would have shown up in this thread by now. I guess he doesnt care.

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I've been saying the "spawn" version all this time, now I have to learn a new word and loose an old one.

 

consider yourself lucky that your girlfriend knows what spohn is. thats just cool anyway.
If I found a girl that was not to busy complaining about my car id let her say spohn however she wanted.



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1990 TA 350 TPI
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hah I'm just illiterate and have been calling him SPHON for a while... but down at this local racing shop they call him
Spown

 

Maybe he is just used to people pronouncing his name wrong........ I gave up collecting misspellings of mine after about 750.......

 

and the winner is......


Spone....as in rhyming with BONE

Spelled Spohn

I hear many variations, I don't sweat the small stuff

Steve

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Spohn Performance: F-Body Chassis/Suspension Specialists

 

Thanks! I've had many sleepless nights wondering...

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I'd rather be historically accurate than politically correct!