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

      • Semmelstulle
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        410 months ago

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

  • HawkXero
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    1310 months ago

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

  • Andjhostet
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    1210 months ago

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

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

        • Ferk
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          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

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              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

  • @BloodSlut
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    910 months ago

    Who the fuck says k’bin?

  • ANGRY_MAPLE
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    810 months 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”.

  • Mars2k21
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    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.

    • WorseDoughnut
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      310 months ago

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

    • Peruvian_Skies
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      210 months ago

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

  • Eggyhead
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    610 months ago

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

  • fiat_lux
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    610 months ago

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

  • Cloudless
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    510 months ago

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

    • jon
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      410 months ago

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

    • scribs
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      310 months ago

      like “book bin” but without the “boo”

      • minnieo
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        210 months ago

        i do kih bin. kih rhyming with like “fi” in fill or “pi” in pill

  • nightauthor
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    410 months ago

    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.