Correct way to pronounce Tein

[TheSnail]

How do yo do it? For years ive called it teen including many of my friends, but then my boss critisized me because the correct way it "Tine" but then on then on the internet I found someone that met the president of the company and he said it was Tane. So what the hell? Mostpeople call it "Teen" , only to be made fun of by the ones that call it "tine" then to be corrected by the "tane's". Let's settle this once and for all ! Pick the one that you belive it is.

A) Teen
B) Tine
C) Tane

[skills]

i say teen

[G_Fish240]

well in english if a word has two vowels next to each other you put the empahsise on the last one, so I would say "tine"

[TheSnail]

G fish, thats what my boss said. But what the guy that met with the co. said its tane.

[aa87]

I call it tane too, i used to be like tee an

[huevos]

"ei" is ussally pronounced like a long "A". like weight, neighbor, etc. So I go with Tane

[Demik]

english teacher?

[Pepperoni]

I call it "tane", but this one professional driver at an auto-x track day called them "tee-N". So..... i dunno

[Heartwork]

it is pronounced Tane goddamnit

[Drift101]

TEchnical INnovations.....

[po1z5che__]

its TANE, if u look at theyre ads in sum magazines, itll say tan with a line over the a.

[NI_YON_Zenki]

TRUST. Its TAIN.
Say it as if there was an "A" in place of the "E"
(someone must be new to the realm)

[brianglawson]

i always said TEE-IN but ive heard tane also

[TheSnail]

I think I am going to call Tein them selves and ask. I might sound like a dumb-ass on the phone, but then we will know for sure.

[KOUKI KA-T]

When you get chinese food to you order Chow "mane" of chow "mee-in". It's tane, or tain or taint - t.

[TheSnail]

Tain tain love... OOH OH OH OOOHH, tain tain love...

That reminds me of a song from my younger years.
Anyways I now starting to belive that it is "Tane"

[KiDyNomiTe]

wow this is like the 5th thread about this, look at thier ads, it says how to say it.

[msaskin]

Tein rhymes with pain.

Go here and read up, there is a thing about it next to the picture of the asian dude: http://www.3sxperformance.com/suspension-vertical.asp

~matt

[S14DB]

What Tein? Like golf clubs?

[zdude]

What Tein? Like golf clubs?



hahahahahaha

[TurK]

i say it like ( tee - an ) hmmm....

[M.Piedlourde]

Tein rhymes with pain.

Matt's right. I called them up and asked one day. I'm assuming they were pronouncing their own name correctly.

[oojpeeoo]

just say it however u wana say it

[240meowth]

in japanese, there's a symbol for te, i, and n, there for it is te-i-n, but in japanese i sounds like "e" and e sounds like "eh", and n is just a nose sound, like u trying to take a really big dump and it's not coming out, there for it is te-e-n, yes, that's my 4 years of japanese learning skills

[TheSnail]

Yeaaaaah ! ! ! The Teen pronouncers are head to head with the Tane's, But I think 240meowth's message is more convincing then Kouki's.

[Andrew Bohan]

holy shit
i can't belive this thread exists.
anyway, watch this vid: http://www.tein.co.jp/teinpv.ram
the announcer says "tein" at 0:38 and it rhymes with pain

like drift101 said, tein stands for technical innovation, you can hear the announcer mention that too.

the word "tein" is a japanese-style acronym. since they don't have letters, and just characters for syllables, they can't pull off the first letters of words. they must pull of whole syllables of words to be able to write acronyms in their own characters.

[holisticbeatz]

Toe-may-toe

[boro240]

the horse is dead already!

[Bliss]

well in english if a word has two vowels next to each other you put the empahsise on the last one, so I would say "tine"

no, actually, the "rule" (although its not followed all that often) is you just say the hard sound of the first vowel. but like i said, its rarely ever followed anyway.

[s14falcon]

i before e, except after c, or when sounding like "A", as in nEIghbor and wEIgh. (and tEIn)

[S14DB]

like the number Ten?

[Drift101]

Hmmm... if this is true... then SEGA(SErvice GAmes) is really said as SE-GAY.... noooooooooooo!!

[msaskin]

Hmmm... if this is true... then SEGA(SErvice GAmes) is really said as SE-GAY.... noooooooooooo!!

So are you saying it's not pronounced TANE, as in rhyming with PAIN?

If so, you're contradicting the pronunciation that employees from tein themself use, so you're in a pretty bad position.

If not, I have no idea what you're talking about.

~matt

[Hawd]

I pronounce tane rhyming with pain. I used to say teen but zilvia beat tane into me :naughty:

[MikeDeuce]

here's that ad...

[S14DB]

Like a Tan at the beach?

[ryan hagen]

isa w in a magazine that is was pronoced tan.......... i think it was a sportcompact they interveiewd them and took pic of coils being made. i think that is where i saw it?

[msaskin]

This thread should be fucking over. I've given a link to definitive proof (i.e.; employees from the damn company itself) pronouncing it.

~matt

[Andrew Bohan]

ā is long a so tān sounds like tane, rhymes with pain.
tan at the beach = tăn. that's short a

i learned this shit in kindergarten

[Mr. Badlose]

For the love of Jesus, Buddha, Shiva, Allah, etc...

It rhymes with pain! Listen to driftaholic. He knows Japanese. He has many Japanese friends. Listen.

[Var]

if you cant pronounce TEIN correctly the first time you see it you have mental problems. seriously go take a basic english class. the way the word is formed makes it obvious how to pronounce it. IDIOTS!. Some think it's a japanese company..it must be pronounced some wierd way. but the word is in ENGRISH

[Akuma Trueno]

Tane is the correct way to say it and if you don't belive it then call them and listen to how they answer the F-ing Phone

[s14srpilot]

How do yo do it? For years ive called it teen including many of my friends, but then my boss critisized me because the correct way it "Tine" but then on then on the internet I found someone that met the president of the company and he said it was Tane. So what the hell? Mostpeople call it "Teen" , only to be made fun of by the ones that call it "tine" then to be corrected by the "tane's". Let's settle this once and for all ! Pick the one that you belive it is.

A) Teen
B) Tine
C) Tane

Instead of starting this stupid thread you should have just called the company and ASKED them

[S14DB]

I'm just going to buy Silk Roads. I can pronounce that.

[Var]

How to Pronounce "Silk Road"

a=Slick Road
b=Slicky Road
c=Silkey Rod
d=Slick Rod

[ThatGuy]

How do you pronounce: DEAD THREAD??? :rant2: :madfawk: :rl:

[S14DB]

How do you pronounce: DEAD THREAD??? :rant2: :madfawk: :rl:
Dori Touge?

[Andrew Bohan]

i think it's dee-odd three-odd

[fogleroller]

the T is silent, so it's "AYNE"

[AlligatorBling]

Tane is the correct way to say it and if you don't belive it then call them and listen to how they answer the F-ing Phone

lmfao .... There is much logic in this statement. Tane it is.

[elevator]

We have a few dumbasses in this thread :D!
http://www.usadojo.com/vocabpronunciation.htm

TANE!

[S14DB]

We have a few dumbasses in this thread :D!
http://www.usadojo.com/vocabpronunciation.htm

TANE!
Tein Fu???

[Vash]

te-ee-nnnn

[ThatGuy]

Dead Thread! I repeat, Dead Thread! Please back away from the keyboard and let it rest peacefully. :lockd:

[D1GP]

it's pronounced tain, teh-een, but in japanese you mix it so its tain.
a(ah) e(eh) i(ee) o(oh) u(oo)

[Andrew Bohan]

wow what a useless first post

[D1GP]

wow what a useless first post

:bow: i know, sux huh? you only get one first post.

[ThatGuy]

Yes why did you waste your first post when my post right above it clearly stated DEAD FUCKING POST! Way to introduce yourself as a dumbass.

[D1GP]

Yes why did you waste your first post when my post right above it clearly stated DEAD FUCKING POST! Way to introduce yourself as a dumbass.

and hello to you too! sry aol is really really slow for me. didnt know it didnt finish loading.

[ThatGuy]

Welcome to the forums, get some thick skin, learn not to take shit personally, or don't even bother. I'm one of the nice guys. And if you would have read the whole thread, this has already been solved and determined as dead before. :fawk: