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View Poll Results: how do you pronounce "Spohn"
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I have no idea, i just wanted to vote.
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Once and for all....Spohn...

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Old Dec 2, 2005 | 09:35 AM
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Once and for all....Spohn...
is it pronounced "spawn" or "spoon"??

ive called there before, and i swear ive heard it both ways.

of course, everytime its said around other car guys, they argue about what way us right.... soooo, what way is it?
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Old Dec 2, 2005 | 09:41 AM
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I pronounce it as "spawn" but who knows, it might be properly prounounced some other way than spawn or spoon lol
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Old Dec 2, 2005 | 11:35 AM
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it's spohn. Neither.

like "bone", but with an S.
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I thought the "S" was silent.

No matter how I say it I always get corrected, and I still don't know what is correct.
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Old Dec 2, 2005 | 11:54 AM
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i called it spoon for awhile until people were like "SPOON MAKES PARTS FOR CAMAROWZ!??" (in their ***** tongue) lol, if u didnt know, Spoon is a popular import/**** company for honduhz hehe. so then i just called them "spone" like someone previously stated above.
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I thought it was "Spone," too.
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great! now i have another way to get it wrong! lol.


you would think steve or someone who works there could come in and settle it once and for all.... lol
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Yeah, I would like to know also.
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Yeah, I would like to know also.
Well, if everyone is THAT interested, why not call them and see how they answer the phone? (PS - I think it's pronounced "spoon") - but whatever.
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Old Dec 2, 2005 | 01:26 PM
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What if the people that work there dont know how to pronounce it? then were all screwed! lol
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Well, if everyone is THAT interested, why not call them and see how they answer the phone? (PS - I think it's pronounced "spoon") - but whatever.
THAT is what had me so confused.

the first time i called, someone answered "spawn".... im like, ok, THATS how it goes... the next time, someone answered spoon... im thinking.... WTF?
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I always thought it was spone, like bone with an s like previously stated. It's probably one of those that gets changed with accents.
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I've always pronounced it sfawn. Just like that, I figured it was probably wrong though.....
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I thought they wer re- manifactured Sion parts. hehe...
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doh.
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wtf?
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LOL @ this thread.....

sorry about the multiple useless replies. POS internet.

i would also like to know as i have heard it all 3 ways and have yet to know the way it's properly pronouced.
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Do a search godd*mmit!!!

j/k, LOL!

Seriously, the man himself answered this awhile back...
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ronounce+spohn


FWIW, I always thought it was 'spawn'.
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For you lazy people...

Originally posted by SteveSpohn

Think of it as Spone (rhyming with Bone).

I hear many variations, not a big deal to me.

Steve
Edit: BTW where is steve, last post was in april...
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