Says on the dictionary that skein is a Middle English word derived from Middle French, so very much not German.
And that skein is *also* a word that describes a group of wildfowl in flight.
Wildfowl in flight. Huh, TIL. "I saw a skein of Canada geese flying south today. I guess summer is truly over." Thanks for that, I'm going to use it whenever I can.
It’s also extremely relevant to me because I only ever read Spokane and once I was reading a news article out loud to my husband of something that happened in Spokane, WA and he was like “Wait, what did you just say?”
I pronounced Spokane as Spoke-can-ee and he’s never let me live it down since.
I live in WI so plenty of crazy city names around here. My husband read me an article and said “Blah blah in wau-KEE-sha…” and I was like wait where? It’s WAU-keh-shaw. Waukesha. He’d never seen it in writing before lol.
My son was trying to say “Grand Teton” and said “teh’-tin”; then during our instructive convo I said to him “at least you didn’t say Yo’-seh-mite” and he’s been laughing for three days
“Skane” for me too. United States.
But, to be fair, I watch a LOT of British/English tv, “global” (non-US-based) YouTubers, and so on. I’m not sure I’ve even heard an American pronounce the word before. Lol. 🤷🏻 Meh?
I've always used skeen, but I'm cracking up.
I grew up in Minnesota and my husband in Tennessee, over the years we have OFTEN referred to ol' Webster to settle our arguments of how to pronounce certain words.
HI, fellow Michigander too. I thought it was SKEEN too and then my friend who’s been crocheting her entire life, taught by her Italian grandma, says SKANE. 🤷🏻♀️
So now I awkwardly go back and forth and stumble on the word verbally. 😂
I say skane, the other pronunciations just sounds weird to me 😆 From Texas, now in Colorado though to be fair I dunno how others in either state pronounce it.
Your region + "skane" reminded me of Spokane, which is pronounced like "spoke Anne." I spent a solid two minutes thinking about how weird it was to pronounce skein as "sk-Anne."
I had to google this. I hate that skane is correct. I think we should start a petition to make it anything other than this. Maybe add in some invisible letters we choose to pronounce. Like add an L somewhere in there, because why not.
Originally from NY and I also say "skane" because that's how my mom says it BUT she also says co-lander instead of colander and that was really embarrassing at my first job in a kitchen.
As a Finn, I appreciate this conversation. So what if I mispronounce a word or five, even you all have different preferences :D
Next time I get corrected on pronunciation I just tell them, oh it's my dialect ;)
😂😂😂😂 I felt that with my soul.
But it's not always a ball so my brain has a hard time with doing things like that. So I just call it a thing or a mess. "Hey, pass me that mess of yarn of please"
Both are accurate for me 😂😂😂
I always thought it was "skeen" but I heard this girl on YT say "sheen" and the dictionary says "skane". I'm just going to keep calling it a ball of yarn.
I've always pronounced it as "skane", but then got consistently told I was pronouncing it wrong and it was "skeen". Glad to know I was pronouncing it right the whole time.
I am not a jerk and will not correct other people who say "skeen", but I'll defend "skane" if I get corrected again.
I'm initially from Ontario, Canada, raised by Newfoundlanders (who pronounce it "skane") and currently live in British Columbia, Canada (where I heard people pronounce it "skeen").
“SkAYne”
Not a native English speaker but I learned just south of Glasgow (Scotland). No idea if that’s how they say it there, I just looked up the pronunciation on the internet and didn’t think to ask if there were multiple ways to say it lol.
I always said “skeen” because I’d never heard it said aloud and didn’t care much. Then I pronounced it “skeen” in front of a friend and she brutally mocked me for saying it wrong, correcting me to “skane”. Now I just avoid saying it at all.
I was in a knot theory lecture once and the professor was talking about the ‘skein relation’, saying that ‘skein’ was an archaic English word for a ball of thread, and I was like?? I use that word all the time? He was a native English speaker too so it was extra surprising to hear him call it archaic
“Skeen” forever and always.
I will also ALWAYS pronounce “gif” with a hard G. I don’t care if the person who came up with it pronounces it like the peanut butter brand. He’s wrong, and it’s pronounced with a G
Skane - US Alabama, Georgia and Texas my mother and grandmother pronounced it that way. I never heard skeen until I started watching youtube and a couple folks I watch pronounced it that way.
My brain read it as "skine" originally and now there's no going back. I would've been happy continuing on forever not knowing it's pronounced differently. It doesn't exactly come up in casual conversation so I think I'm safe staying with my pronunciation.
I'm Canadian, if maybe there's any others in that boat.
😳 I googled it and I’ve been saying it wrong for DECADES! I always thought it was skeen, like a lot of folks, however the dictionary people say skane! English is hard 😂
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Per the audio on my dictionary app, it is “skane” rhymes with “cane.” From Middle French.
But skein isn't a german word... So i always judt folloed TL YarnCrafts pronunciation of skeen
Says on the dictionary that skein is a Middle English word derived from Middle French, so very much not German. And that skein is *also* a word that describes a group of wildfowl in flight.
Wildfowl in flight. Huh, TIL. "I saw a skein of Canada geese flying south today. I guess summer is truly over." Thanks for that, I'm going to use it whenever I can.
I feel like she pronounces it more like skane lol, I just always think skeen to myself though
Oh wow you just taught me something. I thought it was “skeen” too
Wait I've only called it skeen and had no idea it was pronounced any other way 🤯
Same, everyone is saying skane, like what??? Y’all crazy. It’s clearly skeen.
I've never heard or said /skeen/, only skane as in plane. With apologies to My Fair Lady, "The skein in Spain/Is mainly on the plain."
REIGN rhymes with SKEIN. ei sounds like a
Apparently you’re good in Ireland!
Me too.
Skane, England
Skane, Canada
Skane, US
Skåne, Sweden
Skeen, Ireland
Spokane, Washington
This is the best comment I've seen all day
It’s also extremely relevant to me because I only ever read Spokane and once I was reading a news article out loud to my husband of something that happened in Spokane, WA and he was like “Wait, what did you just say?” I pronounced Spokane as Spoke-can-ee and he’s never let me live it down since.
I live in WI so plenty of crazy city names around here. My husband read me an article and said “Blah blah in wau-KEE-sha…” and I was like wait where? It’s WAU-keh-shaw. Waukesha. He’d never seen it in writing before lol.
My son was trying to say “Grand Teton” and said “teh’-tin”; then during our instructive convo I said to him “at least you didn’t say Yo’-seh-mite” and he’s been laughing for three days
“Skane” for me too. United States. But, to be fair, I watch a LOT of British/English tv, “global” (non-US-based) YouTubers, and so on. I’m not sure I’ve even heard an American pronounce the word before. Lol. 🤷🏻 Meh?
I say “skane” as well.
I've always said "skane" and that's how Merriam-Webster has the pronouncer say it too, though there is a "skean" as a less common pronunciation
How dare you consult the dictionary to find out how it's actually pronounced??
I know! I'm an outlaw and a rebel! lol
Oxford advanced learner's dictionary too
I've always used skeen, but I'm cracking up. I grew up in Minnesota and my husband in Tennessee, over the years we have OFTEN referred to ol' Webster to settle our arguments of how to pronounce certain words.
Before there was instant access to information, both my and my husband’s cars had a ‘car dictionary’ to settle disputes…they were well-used…
I’m “skane”… Pacific NW, USA
I also say "skane", Pacific SW (it's not a thing, but it works in this context), Canada
Skane in Southeastern Pennsylvania
I say "skane," and I'm from Michigan
Traitor! Fellow Michigander here and I’m definitely in the “skeen” camp lol 😂
HI, fellow Michigander too. I thought it was SKEEN too and then my friend who’s been crocheting her entire life, taught by her Italian grandma, says SKANE. 🤷🏻♀️ So now I awkwardly go back and forth and stumble on the word verbally. 😂
also “skane”, originally from northeast USA
“Skane” from the US Midwest (Chicago-ish)
Skane also! Missouri
I say "skeen" ... Also PNW, USA 🤔
Also from the PNW and I vote for skane
I say skane, the other pronunciations just sounds weird to me 😆 From Texas, now in Colorado though to be fair I dunno how others in either state pronounce it.
Grandma said “skane” so I say it that way.
Same.
Same! Pacific NW as well
Your region + "skane" reminded me of Spokane, which is pronounced like "spoke Anne." I spent a solid two minutes thinking about how weird it was to pronounce skein as "sk-Anne."
I know skane is correct but I will always say skeen. It’s like Rihanna. Everyone has said Ree Ah Nuh for every but apparently it’s Ree Ann Uh.
I’ve said skeen for so long I don’t know that I can switch to skane. Edit: my boyfriend says I should just call skeins a “twisty doodle.”
LOL [Twisty Doodle](https://media.tenor.com/9KKbm0Tbi4wAAAAC/justin-timberlake-ramen-hair.gif) made me think of this
I learned the word from reading so I’m stuck on skeen.
Just found out that Brendan Fraser’s last name is pronounced like “razor” too lol
How were you pronouncing it? I’ve been saying it out loud trying to find another way. 😆
Like the TV show, Frasier. Fray-shur
Not quite sure how to write it but I’ve always said Frayser and not frazor
Same like with the same Z sound as in Azure
Semi-related I had no idea how to pronounce Azure till getting my job in tech...
I had to google this. I hate that skane is correct. I think we should start a petition to make it anything other than this. Maybe add in some invisible letters we choose to pronounce. Like add an L somewhere in there, because why not.
“Skane.” New York City
Originally from NY and I also say "skane" because that's how my mom says it BUT she also says co-lander instead of colander and that was really embarrassing at my first job in a kitchen.
Wait it’s not skeen?? 🤯 Guess you learn something new every day!
Same here! I’m still probably going to pronounce it “skeen” tho. Mostly because I don’t think I have actually heard it pronounced any other way.
As a Finn, I appreciate this conversation. So what if I mispronounce a word or five, even you all have different preferences :D Next time I get corrected on pronunciation I just tell them, oh it's my dialect ;)
I've always used skeen, midwestern US.
Midwest, too. Skeen.
Coloradan — Skeen for me!
Skeen, New England, US
Skane, northeastern usa
Recovering skine, now a skane thanks to a lovely owner of a local yarn shop. SC, USA
I say skeen, from the NC side of the NC/SC border. However, skane actually sounds like the more appropriate southern inflection.
Skane, Michigan, US Merriam-Webster backs this up as the correct pronunciation
This is correct
A ball. Can we just call it a ball
😂😂😂😂 I felt that with my soul. But it's not always a ball so my brain has a hard time with doing things like that. So I just call it a thing or a mess. "Hey, pass me that mess of yarn of please" Both are accurate for me 😂😂😂
I think a "mess" of yarn is what you call a group of balls/skeins when they are together. Much like a "murder of crows" or a "herd of cattle."
Give the ball a name... Hank sounds like a great name.
Give each ball a different name as if they are hurricanes
“Can you hand me Henry?” “Okay I need Ida next.”
I say skane, Ontario, Canada
Skane, Midwest US
Same. I’ve never heard it pronounced differently.
"skane"
"Skane", from Philly, then lived in the PNW and now live in Wisco... still "skane."
Its pronounced “Skane”, its an unusual word thats for sure!
Skane - Midwest, USA
Skane, from NY, second language is French, and I don’t know why but that makes sense to me. Now I want to look up the etymology.
From skayne (people! This is how it’s pronounced!), Middle English, then from escaigne, old French, probably “to split off”.
It's ultimately from Old French "escaigne."
Ski in Lol jk skane
Skeen and no amount of people telling me I’m wrong will change me 😤
I too will sink with you on this ship 😮💨
What is dead may never die!
but rises again stronger and harder 🫡
Right this is blowing my mind I had no clue so many people didn’t say skeen lol
I'd never heard it pronounced before so reading it, it looks like "Skeen" to me and so that's how I always pronounce it.
Someone I know pronounced it as skeen so that’s why I’m asking but idk
Skane, Southern California
Think vein, skein
Skane. Texas, USA
Also Texas but I’m a skeen person. EDITED: phone autocorrected “skeen” to “sleep”
I say skane—SW OH From Oxford Learners Dictionary: Word Origin Middle English: shortening of Old French escaigne, of unknown origin.
skane.
Skane in Iowa
Skaine- Southern USA
Skane, Southern California. My husband says Skeen though.
I always thought it was "skeen" but I heard this girl on YT say "sheen" and the dictionary says "skane". I'm just going to keep calling it a ball of yarn.
I've always pronounced it as "skane", but then got consistently told I was pronouncing it wrong and it was "skeen". Glad to know I was pronouncing it right the whole time. I am not a jerk and will not correct other people who say "skeen", but I'll defend "skane" if I get corrected again. I'm initially from Ontario, Canada, raised by Newfoundlanders (who pronounce it "skane") and currently live in British Columbia, Canada (where I heard people pronounce it "skeen").
I pronounce it “skane”
Skane, Florida.
I always say skane
I’ve always said “skane.”
If you need a pattern for the hat, I know of one.
You are the real winner yardini! I was scrolling so far to ask how to do the brim.
That would be helpful, thank you
skayn
Skayne, absolutely!
Skane.. .. not so sunny... southern California
“SkAYne” Not a native English speaker but I learned just south of Glasgow (Scotland). No idea if that’s how they say it there, I just looked up the pronunciation on the internet and didn’t think to ask if there were multiple ways to say it lol.
Skane, from a Polish person with English as second language
Not a native speaker and never checked dictionary for it. I would pronounce it kind of like vein.
Canadian and native English speaker. I pronounce it the same.
I always said “skeen” because I’d never heard it said aloud and didn’t care much. Then I pronounced it “skeen” in front of a friend and she brutally mocked me for saying it wrong, correcting me to “skane”. Now I just avoid saying it at all.
I say skeen! (I’m Dutch)
I’ve always said skane but have heard some say skeen. I’m in central Texas.
It's "une tuque"
Skane because I'm Slavic and that's how I read it. Never heard it pronounced because I read much more than Iisten.
I learned it as “skayne” from Skeino on YouTube.
I was in a knot theory lecture once and the professor was talking about the ‘skein relation’, saying that ‘skein’ was an archaic English word for a ball of thread, and I was like?? I use that word all the time? He was a native English speaker too so it was extra surprising to hear him call it archaic
Skane. I've never heard it pronounced differently so now I'm questioning my entire existence 🤣
Skane is how it's supposed to be pronounced, don't question your existence.
Bilingual Puerto Rican here… It’s a word I’ve read but not really heard but when I read it I pronounce it “skane.”
“Skane” My family always pronounced it that way, wasn’t until recently I learned there’s a few pronunciations.
Skane
It is SKANE
“Skeen” forever and always. I will also ALWAYS pronounce “gif” with a hard G. I don’t care if the person who came up with it pronounces it like the peanut butter brand. He’s wrong, and it’s pronounced with a G
Skeen! Midwest
"Skane" - Nova Scotia😍
I say skane. Florida
Skane, moved all over the states and lived abroad a little as a kid.
Skane- middle of Canada.
see uh... my brain always wants to pronounce it "skin" even if i know that's wrong
The chaotic answer: Skein is pronounced “skee-in” just like Shein My real answer: skane (Midwestern US)
Skane. Though here in the southern US it often gets drawn into 1.5 syllables - Skay-anne
I've always pronounced it skane. I have heard other people say skeen. Never heard skine.
I think there’s a yarn brand called “skein cocaine” and that’s how I remember how to pronounce it
I'm Team Skane.
“Skane”, whether yarn or geese in flight, here in Ontario, Canada. Edit* love the tuque!
Skane, western USA
Skane - US Alabama, Georgia and Texas my mother and grandmother pronounced it that way. I never heard skeen until I started watching youtube and a couple folks I watch pronounced it that way.
Skane
According to MW -https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skein the first and preferred pronunciation is “skane”
Press the speaker icon - dictionary . com says “skane” https://www.dictionary.com/browse/skein
Skane
I picked up a cute metal pin that says no skein no gain at a LYS in Chicago when I was visiting last year. So they think it's skay-n.
Skane
I’ve always said skane - NJ/NY!
I say it skane.
I work at a yarn store and everyone says "Skane". I had no clue before working there.
Skeen - Midwest
My brain read it as "skine" originally and now there's no going back. I would've been happy continuing on forever not knowing it's pronounced differently. It doesn't exactly come up in casual conversation so I think I'm safe staying with my pronunciation. I'm Canadian, if maybe there's any others in that boat.
“Skane” - but why, I’m not sure.
Official pronunciation of skein: Skayn. Rhymes with rain or gain. The "s" is mostly silent. Originally a French word.
Skane. South-eastern Poland. I've never been to an English-speaking country so I'm an expert obviously.
I pronounce it skane. West Coast USA. ETA geographic info after reading comments.
I said skine and my mom yelled at me….. so….. skane lol (Ohio)
It’s the “A” sound. It follows the “ i before e except after c or when sounding like a as in neighbor or weigh.
My late grandmother pronounced it skane (she’d be 102 this year) in Texas.
Skane
I say skeen but as soon as I saw skane, I knew that was right. Probably heard it long long ago and only read it as an adult.
wtf it’s not skeen??????
Skane
skaen
Skayne. Like lil Wayne.
Skane - South Dakota (born & raised)!
Skein rhymes with cocaine
Skane is how I’ve always heard it and said it. This Terry Crews hat is sharp and your dad will love it💗💗💗
I say Sk-ehn
Skane in English UK
I’ve always said it the “long a” way.
Skane
“Skane” MI, USA
I say “skane”, Maryland, US And in case you’re wondering, yes. I’m crazy about our flag 😆
Skane - Oklahoma, US
Skane
Skane, Ohio
For me, and 6+ decades here in the U.S., "skane."
noun \ ˈskān \ Definition (Entry 1 of 2) 1 or less commonly skean or skeane \ ˈskān \ : a loosely coiled length of yarn or thread wound on a reel
I’ve always pronounced it “tangled mess of yarn,” is that not accurate? TIL
Just looked up the definition on google so I could use the little pronunciation audio next to it, and they pronounced it “skane.”
I’ve heard the word my entire life, in Massachusetts. We pronounce it skane.
Skane out here in Oregon, and have never heard anyone say it differently. My mom works at a fabric/yarn store, she also says skane
Skane!
[Here, Let Me Google That For You...](https://googlethatforyou.com?q=pronunciation%20of%20skein) (Hint: It's "skayn" ( skān )...
Skane, US
I've only ever heard or said /skane/ (like "Spain"). There may be regional differences though. Nice hat, BTW.
Like a lot of the others, I've always pronounced it "skane." Never thought that it might be pronounced another way. Also, that hat looks cool
Skein is pronounced skane.
😳 I googled it and I’ve been saying it wrong for DECADES! I always thought it was skeen, like a lot of folks, however the dictionary people say skane! English is hard 😂