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Equipment and Media - How do you pronounce Dakine?
adverse - Mar 17, 2010 - 09:13 PM
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Today was the second time I've gone to order something and realised just before I said it I have no idea how to pronounce it, then felt like a knob. Of course the kindly shop keeper repeated the proper pronounciation after my gaffed atttempt on both occasions, but naturally I promptly forgot when I put the phone down. Is it...
Dak-eye-nuh
Dak-eee-nuh
Day-keye-nuh
Day-kee-nuh
...or even something else??
br4m - Mar 17, 2010 - 09:25 PM
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Da-Kine would be my best guess lol
rachie - Mar 17, 2010 - 09:27 PM
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da kine
Dinalli - Mar 17, 2010 - 09:27 PM
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Da Kie N
Dont ever try and book a holiday in Tignes then, its pronounced Teens rather than Tig Knees
mini. - Mar 17, 2010 - 09:37 PM
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not according to the Yank commentator for the x games.
he called it tee nay
rachie - Mar 17, 2010 - 09:38 PM
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mini.mansell wrote:
not according to the Yank commentator for the x games.
he called it tee nay
How can you pronounce DaKine tee nay...........
Jon1976 - Mar 17, 2010 - 09:38 PM
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I found this out the other day, its pronounced Da-Kine.
Sidget - Mar 17, 2010 - 09:46 PM
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I've always pronounced it Day-Kine, meh =p
ClaneO - Mar 17, 2010 - 09:53 PM
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i belive its pronounced Da - kine with a soft "J" 
DJb - Mar 17, 2010 - 10:05 PM
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The French barely ever pronounce a 's' at the end of a word, so its just said 'Teen' if you are down with the locals.
Still, at least the boarding in Poland is crap so you can avoid battling with the names of the big cities like Szczecin (Sh-chech-in), Łódź (Wudge) and Wrocław (Vrots-wav).
Oh, and its always been Da-kine (ryhming with nine) to me.
adverse - Mar 17, 2010 - 10:32 PM
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...and the winner appears to be....da-kine. Thanks....though I shall probably forgot this next time I order something and sound like a knob again.
I have this weird thing going on when I read something that I can't immediately pronounce, I don't actually bother reading it, just recognise the word when I see it and never bother trying to pronounce it unless I'm forced to....it continually catches me out. I do it with odd names and stuff all the time when I'm reading books. I can't work out why I do it, especially as I'm a stickler for grammar/spelling/punctuation and have a fairly decent grasp of vocab (enough to play a mean game of Scrabble, at least 
)
But yeah, Tignes was another look but don't pronounce one - well spotted!
Dinalli - Mar 18, 2010 - 08:58 AM
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adverse wrote:
But yeah, Tignes was another look but don't pronounce one - well spotted!
I speak from experience when trying to book a holiday in Tig Knees one year
Martin_4 - Mar 18, 2010 - 11:30 AM
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Ah, this takes me back to an amused Canadian rep from Quebec who couldn't stop laughing at me saying Trem-blant in a Scottish accent, finally saying: "Ah, you mean you want to go to Trom-blon!"
ROBster - Mar 18, 2010 - 11:52 AM
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I pronounce it Da-Kine too
and as for tignes i pronounce that Tig-Nes lol
Branny - Mar 18, 2010 - 11:58 AM
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The name of the company comes from the Hawaiian Pidgin word "da kine" (derived from "the kind" or "the best").
murray888 - Mar 18, 2010 - 12:49 PM
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Oh...I've always said "dah-keen".
Sure told me...
R1ch - Mar 19, 2010 - 09:50 AM
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It's just Da-Kine as you would think it would be pronounced.
Infact, if you go on Youtube (and some of this years bonus features on DVDs sponsored by Dakine) they have some product displays and the company reps talk about them using the name said Da-Kine.
ChasKi - Mar 19, 2010 - 11:56 AM
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Da Kine
Dah Kyne
Phonetics rawk