how do you pronounce....

[macfoo]

I'm a "skeen" person myself... but I've heard it pronounced "skine"

 

"Skane" is new to me as well

[Empress Busy Bee]

Yup, I've always said the long a, too. (skān)

Didn't vote as there wasn't a chioce for it.

[mandymae]

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

 

Me too! I have a friend who pronounces it "skeen" though.

[ReniC]

I too say "skān".

My mother is from Austria and she too has always said it the same way.

Hope this helps.

[DebraKay]

Another long "a" person here. In fact, that is the only way I had ever heard it pronouced and I have lived all over the US.

 

But I have to admit, I had never seen SKEIN "spelled" so many different ways until joining online crochet/knit groups! Maybe that should give me a hint that some may say it differently too.

[FittyUK]

Coming from a few miles away from Bradford in the UK, The home of wool and weavers we say SKEEN. It could be an accent thing though

[Enfys]

Now I would pronounce it skane!

[JohnsPrincess]

I pronounce it: SkAne...with a hard 'a'.

[crocheter4jesus]

I pronounce it Sk-ay-n, with a long A.

[happily hooked]

long a here

[katyallen815]

Add yet another to the long a way, S and the word cane!

[ducky73]

almost embarassed to admit...i must be more "hickish" than i thought.....i dont pronounce it either way!

 

i say

"i need a thing of yarn"

 

GASP!!!

[tangers40]

"i need a thing of yarn"

 

ahaha! exactly! i say a "thing of...." whatever quite frequently. it's my preferred unit of measurement lol!

[ducky73]

ahaha! exactly! i say a "thing of...." whatever quite frequently. it's my preferred unit of measurement lol!

 

glad someone else is with me here.HA HA HA HA HA!

[jennyh]

not gonna sift through 19 pages to see if anyone has already said this,so here it is:

 

I'm thinkin' about the english word "weigh" that's got "ei" pronounced as "ay." I believe I've always said skein with the long "a" sound as well. Skein sounds like a british word to me anyway--and all those English grammar rules about i before e and whatnot also remind me of Britain.

 

So there you have it. I before e, except after c and in words like weigh, neighbor, and skein.

[Knitting Lene]

I'm from Denmark and Danish is my native tongue (I can't even spell it correct "tongue" my spelling was "tounge"). I could easy think of the German pronounciation. What about "skee in(g)"? I'm not even sure what the word means. Oh, a dictionary is good to have. It's a little ball of yarn.

[Peggy85225]

I'm w/the "a" sound too but there wasn't that option.

[CollieGrl64]

I say "skane" and always have.

[erinnpayne]

i say skeen

[DogCatMom]

I've never heard anything but "skane." There was a needle-arts store near here called "Skein Lane"; both words were pronounced exactly alike.

 

DCM

[Shell Lee]

Skein pronounced with the long A sound here too. Unless my hubby's saying the word.. then it somehow becomes Scone (as in the biscuits).

[Bailey4]

I have always heard it said as if it rhymes with rain.

[LegalWoman17]

I pronounced it "thing of yarn". :devil

Hey, no one found my comment funny?????? :eek:eek:eek

[Nira]

I've always said "skane", too. My step-daughter tried to tell me I was incorrect, but I told her it didn't matter really, because I'm going to say it the way I want to anyway.

 

I agree with you. Say it how you want. I definitely think it is a regional thing. I say skeen though but I wouldn't try and correct anyone because I wouldn't think they were wrong. A few more that interest me:

Soda or Pop?

Endeeve or Endive salad?

[alibra]

Yes indeedy, skane!!