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Title: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: Kenneth S (222) on July 19, 2012, 05:19:59 pm

Sitting around a camp fire at the Heaven event last weekend the topic of Simons Forks came up. Some were pronouncing Simons as it is in Simon Says and some were pronouncing it as it is pronounced in Simmons Plains. I always thought it was the version as pronounced in Simon Says. Anyone know?

Title: Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: mick25 on July 19, 2012, 05:39:31 pm

Thats a good one ken ,
 I have always said simon says use simons forks ;D
 but I was always not 100% sure if its said simon or simmons ???

Title: Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: Curly3 on July 19, 2012, 06:00:59 pm

Simon's is Simon's & Simon's would be Simmons.
Remember the old sports stores of Mick Simmons?

Title: Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: GMC on July 19, 2012, 06:06:13 pm

I reckon 'Simon says'
Maybe one of US cousins might know better?

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By the way, according to my stepsons Swedish back packer girlfriend its Hooskvarna

Title: Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: Hoony on July 19, 2012, 06:17:00 pm

and for Ohlins apparently it's Oi-lins because the crazy swedes dot their O's   :D

Title: Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: VMX247 on July 19, 2012, 06:18:47 pm

Quote from: GMC on July 19, 2012, 06:06:13 pm

By the way, according to my stepsons Swedish back packer girlfriend its Hooskvarna

 :D  and Puch as in Chook !!

Title: Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: JohnnyO on July 19, 2012, 06:24:24 pm

It's Simons as in Simon says, there is only one M

Title: Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: 09.0 on July 19, 2012, 07:25:39 pm

Quote from: Hoony on July 19, 2012, 06:17:00 pm

and for Ohlins apparently it's Oi-lins because the crazy swedes dot their O's   :D

Then there is Maico that the correct pronunciation is myko!

Title: Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: Curly3 on July 19, 2012, 07:30:20 pm

You say potato & I say potarto.

Title: Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: Nathan S on July 19, 2012, 07:53:01 pm

Quote from: Hoony on July 19, 2012, 06:17:00 pm

and for Ohlins apparently it's Oi-lins because the crazy swedes dot their O's   :D

Er-lins.
Do it with a humorless northern european accent and everything else sounds wrong...

PS: Simons, just like it is spelt.

Title: Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
Post by: FAT-TOY on July 19, 2012, 09:06:10 pm

  I have noticed that a lot of city folk pronounce tour as tooer but then they agree with us country bumkins that the word pour should not be pronounced pooer.