how do you pronounce....

[Tweeb]

I say Skayn

[Cathoms]

I say sk a yn (Long a) So I guess neither of these

[jessicagil]

I do the long A thing... My grandma did too until she had her stroke when I was 13. She started to speak german more regularly and pronounce things as a german would speaking english. She did not know any english until she went to school she only knew german as her parents came from germany right before WW1. But after her stroke she said it every which way so people would understand what she meant. Was quite cute if I do say so myself.

[smuchez1317]

Darn it I can't believe I have been pronouncing it wrong! I have always said skine....now to try and get used to saying it the correct way

[crochettreasures]

I alsway pronounce this as Skane. hmmmmm....

[_Stacy_]

I say skeen, but my mother uses the long A, as well. I think it sounds funny, and have to resist the urge to correct her every time! LoL

[melmac51]

I say skayne. (Remember the old phonics rule: "I before E, except after C, or when it sounds like an A, like in neighbor or weigh."?)

[Nota44model]

neither... I also say it with the long "a" as in sk-AY-n

[emi_die_maku]

Long A here, too: "Skane".

 

That's me, as well.

[hmltwin]

:blinkI pronounce is like skane - rhyming with Shane or pain... I must have heard it said that way, but I don't remember where.

 

Having read the replies above mine, I see others do that as well.

[WendyP]

I say skayne too.

[antwerpnative]

neither, I pronounce it as a long a as well.

Betty G.

[RusticOkie]

It seems like it might be a regional issue.

 

I say SKEEEEN Like mean, that is the only way I have ever heard it

[loopy1]

melmac51, I learned how to crochet from a co-worker in downtown New Orleans way back in 1967 and she taught me to pronounce skein as "skane" or "skayne". WordWeb also pronounces it (there's audio) with the long A but spells the pronunciation as "skeyn". I guess in their dictionary "ey" is pronounced as a long A.

I say skayne. (Remember the old phonics rule: "I before E, except after C, or when it sounds like an A, like in neighbor or weigh."?)

[mom232]

I pronounce it Skeen and Skane, depends on my mood really. lol

[hey let's go]

I have always pronounced it as 'skeen'. Everybody I know who works with yarn has pronounced it that way.

[candiwv_]

Long A is the way I pronounce it also.

[tiniree]

Sorry my choice wasn't there: Skane with a long "a".

 

Marie

[KER828]

I'm a long "A" also!

[tryptikangel]

Like so many others, I pronounce it with the long a sound. It's how my mother, grandmother, and aunts all pronounced it so that's what I always thought it was.

[CLLinda]

Neither. I say sk ay n with a long a.

 

 

me too.

 

[HomekeepingGran]

long a = skān

 

Depending on your Southern heritage you might make two syllables out of it if you slur it just a little: skā-ān .

[JoAnn]

Sorry my choice wasn't there: Skane with a long "a".

 

Marie

 

 

Same here:hook

[goldenj32w2]

How funny to read this, I thought prehaps I was pronouncing it wrong I have always used the e sound, but have heard it with the long A sound, and thought I was in the wrong. To each their own!

 

Judy

[robbieAK]

I've always said it with a long "a" sound as well.