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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Originally thought cabin but didn’t stick. Kay-bin 100%.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same here. But I'd not be surprised if we have Cabin for kbin at some point.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tips fedora "k'bin"

(I say kaybin)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

k'binst'd've

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

southern accent

Hey y'all, we're headin' down 'er to m'k'bin on the bayou this weeken' if ya wanna tagalong

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

K'bin sounds more like I'm answering a k'nock at the door but with a cold.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Kay-bin for sure. Never occurred to me to pronounce it the other way

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't trust my kids around someone that pronounces it k'bin

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

K'bin sounds like a Klingon name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought in Klingon they pronounced those kind of names like Kay-bin

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I don't think Klingon has a K' anywhere, in fact in Klingon it would be written "Q" and followed by some vowel, like in Qapla' or in Qi'yaH

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's still likely a mistransliteration (or maybe because those are proper names), but Klingon has only "q" and "Q" (which depending on the capitalization are pronounced differently, treated as different letters), technically there's no "K" in the Klingon alphabet, you can see it in the pIqaD:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:KLI_pIqaD.svg

Similar as with the "f" from "Worf", there wouldn't be a straight "non-destructive" way to write it in Klingon.

CC: @Ragnell

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Who the fuck says k'bin?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Kay-bin seems like the only correct way. Cabin or K'bin just feels wrong for no particular reason. The name honestly just makes me think of KDE.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Same, k-anything has just been beaten into my brain as "oh a KDE app!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

"Cabin" with a strong emphasis on the first syllable seems hillarious though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I say kay-bin, because it kind of looks like it should sound like that, imo.

K'bin feels like I'm just trying to make the word as short as possible.

Cabin or Ki-bin both feel like I'm adding new letters just because. To me, it would be like calling reddit "reddita" or "reedit".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Kay-bin. Mostly because when I first saw the name I assumed it was a KDE package.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I pronounce it "kibin"🙃

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Non-native speaker here. I get kay-bin, but how are you supposed to say k'bin?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Kuh-bin, with the first syllable short and emphasis on the second.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

like "book bin" but without the "boo"

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The K has got to be a silent one. This place is 'bin!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No, the leading forward slash is silent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

same here, i didnt know i was in the minority on this one lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I say “Kay-bee”; the n is silent

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When I refer to the threadiverse in general (including “I saw a post on on…”) I just say lemmy. I actually really dislike the name “kbin”.

No sense in explaining it tho, cuz if you don’t get it, you won’t get it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. For some reason kbin sounds better than lemmy to me, but don't super love either.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Both are still better than “beehaw”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I say "the lemmybins"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In spanish you are likely to default to k'bin (cabin).
Letter K pronunciation varies across the globe, so I think everyone will have variations of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I say kay-bin, but for a third option: cabin

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What about "quou-been"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Vulcan says "k'bin".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

KAY bin ..... right? (RIGHT??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Kay-bin.

It reminds me of the property manager at my first apartment, back in 1990. She spelled her name "K'ren", and I assumed it was pronounced either Karen, or kuh-Ren. Nope. It was "KAAAAYYY-WRREE-NNN", three syllables in her very southern accent. The stress was on both of the first two syllables. 😂️

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