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Quote (Khareil @ 26th November 2006 17:13)

Just thought Id share one bit of information.

Im from a town founded by a man named Sabin...meaning while in elementary school we had to learn all about this "great and wonderful man"....who just happened to build a log cabin in the right spot.

Anyway, his name is pronounced SAY-bin. Long A.

Bringing back a hilariously old topic, I always pronounced Sabin as though it rhymed with 'cabin', and having done so for over 15 years now, it was pretty hard-set in my mind. However, I recently opted out of an x-ray scanning at the airport, and the TSA agent who had to do my pat-down was named....Sabin. I asked him how he pronounced it, he told me that for him it's "SAY-bin" and that's enough to change my mind.

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Sabin the cabin all the way. It sounds more regal. I might be wrong but I think Say-bin is an American pronunciation like tom-ey-toe rather than tom-ah-toe. Having said that we still say Sagan the Say-gan way. But then I say Sagat as Sah-gat. Difficult.

This post has been edited by sweetdude on 9th January 2012 17:02

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Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind.

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Well Sagat is Thai, Sabin is Western. I don't see how King Sabin is more regal sounding than King Say-bin.

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I guess I do it the American way, Say-bin. Sah-bin just sounds like this to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfNAUCKGcaE

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I've always read it as Say-bin, just as I pronounce Sagan Say-gan. That said, I do agree Sagat is Sah-gat. Go figure.

EDIT: just re-read Sherick's last post, and I guess that may explain it.

This post has been edited by Stiltzkin on 9th January 2012 21:46

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Quote (Sherick @ 9th January 2012 20:18)

Well Sagat is Thai, Sabin is Western. I don't see how King Sabin is more regal sounding than King Say-bin.

I don't obviously think there's a right and wrong way. To me anything with 'ah' in it sounds more regal because it fits an aristocratic or upper-class accent in the UK or US, daaahrling.

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Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind.

Me on the Starcraft.

I always thought it was sah-been (like bean). Apparently this is not so.

This post has been edited by Dr. Delinquent on 11th January 2012 00:18

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