Nah, yer both wrong!! Tabe rhymes with Gabe!! DM&FS(criticizing things I don't know about....) At 12:23 AM 9/23/2005, Jason Kirk wrote: >Me too. Pronounced it as if it were Japanese. > >Jason > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > > Mike Collum > > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:01 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Re: Now Names > > > > I always just assumed it was "Tahbeh" ... but then I lived in Hawaii for > > 35 years and it affected my thinking. > > > > Mike > > > > > > tabe johnson wrote: > > > Jeff, I feel your pain. > > > > > > Anyone who can correctly pronounce "Tabe" on the first > > > try without having heard me say it gets ten points! > > > > > > tabe johnson/87 westy > > > > > > > > > > > >>Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:16:41 -0700 > > >>From: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> > > >>Subject: Re: mystery VIN - Now Names > > >> > > >>Most of you guys have got it easy. Try getting someone to spell > > "Schwaia" > > >>write the first time. No matter how slowly I spell it, the American > > mind > > >>cannot grasp the idea of "aia". It's quite funny. > > >> > > >>And for those who've decided that "aia" just can't be right, I usually > > end > > >>up with either Schwala or Schwaig. The spelling detectives analyse my > > last > > >>name and decide that the "i" is an "l" or that last "a" must be a "g". > > > > > > |
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