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Offline Kenneth S (222)

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Is it Simons or Simons?
« 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?
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Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
« Reply #1 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 ???

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Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2012, 06:00:59 pm »
Simon's is Simon's & Simon's would be Simmons.
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Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2012, 06:06:13 pm »
I reckon 'Simon says'
Maybe one of US cousins might know better?






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Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
« Reply #4 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
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Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2012, 06:18:47 pm »
By the way, according to my stepsons Swedish back packer girlfriend its Hooskvarna

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Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2012, 06:24:24 pm »
It's Simons as in Simon says, there is only one M

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Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2012, 07:25:39 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!

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Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2012, 07:30:20 pm »
You say potato & I say potarto.

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Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2012, 07:53:01 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.
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Re: Is it Simons or Simons?
« Reply #10 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.
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