How do you pronounce Haban?
 

Just curious.

I pronounce it hey ben but I'm a Yankee your results my differ. :biggrin2:

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I pronounced it.........hey ban

I pronounce it Haban...................:bigthink: :biggrin2: :ThumbsUp:

Interesting question.... I've heard it pronounced as both the guys above.

But I've always said.... hah (a sound as in aqua) bon. :Unknown:

I've always pronounced it like the last name, Haban.

Hmm, that doesn't help much...how about this...

Ha (think: say the first half of "half") ben. That's a little better.

I wonder how long until someone gets frustrated trying to read everyones pronunciations and just records themselves saying it :biggrin2:

This is the other common way I've heard it, damn Yankee's!

This is how I "read" it, but didn't know what was correct. Since haban was bought out in '95, guess I can't just call and ask.

This is how I read it too.

This is an interesting subject to me because when I read things on forums I may not be pronouncing the words correctly, then when I meet up with someone with similar interests I'm always afraid of saying the words wrong.

This is actually why I started this thread. I had a forum member stop by my place last week to get some parts and while we were chatting he said "haban." First person that had ever said it in front of me, and he said it like Sam said. Soooooo, got me thinking that I was wrong. Apparently we have 4 different pronunciations so far. lol

This is just like on the gun forums where they discuss how to pronounce hornady.

I know little about guns, but if I was to guess how to say it I'd say "horn uh dee"

Its actually horn ah day

What he said.......... Here we go again LOL :beerchug:

There is a road by me named Hotalen.
is it hodalin,
or ho talen
or hot alen?

it is ho talen

how about Brinly?
Brine ly
brin ly
brin lay

Which is it? I've always said brin lee, but I have no idea.

There's a road up my way that each end is in a different county and the sign on one end says "line" and the other end says "lion" :biggrin2:

Is it like this, without the "a",,,, ? :bigthink:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si0VapEcirE

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Personally I don't know either, I do know a fella that pronounces it Hay-Bine (long I).

As far as I know it is Brin-lee (short I). But what do I know?

"Hay Bin" and "Brin Lee" here. Funny topic though.

The one that always gets me is "Club Cadet" where did the "L" come from? I've heard it from a least a dozen people:bash2:

I think that to figure out the correct pronunciation, you have to figure out the origins of the name. Based on a few minutes of research, the name appears to be of Czechoslovakian origin, and so the correct pronunciation would be haa-baan. Using an english pronunciation it would be "hay-bin", but I believe in pronouncing words the way they were meant to in the language of origin. In the same sense, Husqvarna is pronounced hooskvarna(long u as in Tuesday), not husk-varna(like corn husk) and definitely not husk-a-varna.

Same here. Never heard the CLub Cadet tho (seen it on the internets a few times):biggrin2:

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