Pronunciation?

[Joe in Seattle]

I'm guessing Herbin is pronounced as French - sort of like Urr Ban?

 

What @ Diamine?

 

Does anyone know if it's Dia MINE, or Dia MEAN?

 

Many thanks

[LeonardoDV]

Maybe closer to err-ban with the ban being more nasal that the English word ban.

[sallywally]

In my head I've been saying DIameen. Hmm....

 

:embarrassed_smile:

[Possum Hill]

Write the names in an elegant hand with your most expressive pen and no one will notice you avoid attempting to say them.

[LisaN]

I presume die-a-meen becuase the name probably has something to do with the structures of the pigments, many of which are organic compounds known as "diamines"

[PenTieRun]

zhee urr bhan. Long "e" and short "a"

[fabrimedeiros]

Most of us never will pronounce that words because we have been ordering from web sites. Most of friends have never heard such a thing. For most of us to write is enough

[fabrimedeiros]

When I'll have children, my daugther will be called Diamine and my son, J. Herbin!

[Twyla]

When I'll have children, my daugther will be called Diamine and my son, J. Herbin!

 

 

Ahh, but how will you pronounce them?

 

For myself, I've always gone with dye-uh-mean and ehr-bann. If I find out I am wrong, it will be difficult to fix, since I have no one to correct me in my daily mis-usage. My husband doesn't even know that more than one company makes ink yet. Boy, is he in for a surprise.

[SnowLeopard]

Grasp your nose..pinch your nostrils together very tightly...and scream at the top of your lungs.....DIE-a- MINE... like the Englishman in my pen coven.That should scare the bee-gee-sis...out of your neighbors!...you might also drop the H ...and go ..shaheh..errrrbahhhn.....instead of Jay- Her-bin...to sound more French....there you go.

Edited August 26, 2010 by SnowLeopard

[lapis]

I always say "DYE a mean".

 

Arrgh!

[Liverpool 1]

Hi There

 

The correct pronunciation is

 

DI(DYE) - A - MINE

 

 

Phil

[Northwoods]

Hi There

 

The correct pronunciation is

 

DI(DYE) - A - MINE

 

 

Phil

 

You're not going to get a more authoritative answer than that.

Nice to know I've been pronouncing it correctly.

 

(By the way Phil, I'm just loving the Evergreen and Oxblood! They're my go-to inks at work now.)

 

 

 

Edited August 26, 2010 by Northwoods

[Lyssa]

lol. I've been saying die-AM-een. Like two amines.

[Liverpool 1]

Hi There

 

The correct pronunciation is

 

DI(DYE) - A - MINE

 

 

Phil

 

You're not going to get a more authoritative answer than that.

Nice to know I've been pronouncing it correctly.

 

(By the way Phil, I'm just loving the Evergreen and Oxblood! They're my go-to inks at work now.)

 

Hi Northwoods

 

Both those inks are used quite a lot in my office too !! glad you like them.

 

Phil

[anderl]

Thanks, Phil, for clearing up the Diamine question. And of course for all the phantastic inks you make! (Getting close to my 40th colour now.)

 

For those who'd like to hear a native speaker say "Herbin": obviously in anticipation of our FPNers' quest, www.forvo.com offers two sample pronounciations of the name. (Just enter herbin in their search slot.)

[Mr. Spiff]

All I know is that in the ChemistyBiochemistry world, diamine is DYE-a-meen.

 

As in Ethylene Diamine Tetra-acetic Acid (EDTA).

 

I'm unlikely to change after nearly 30 years (sorry Phil). ;^)

[LisaN]

So funny with all these chemists and biochemists here. Let's not get into the AY-my-d Uh-MIDD EH-midd controversy

 

:roflmho:

 

So as an officer of the American Chemical Society, (I actually have a tiara with the ACS logo on it) I would like to invite all of you to join the society and become active in your local sections!

 

I mean, what's more fun that going into an elementary school classroom and making fireballs???

Edited August 26, 2010 by LisaN

[lapis]

Can I still use it a lot if I don't pronouce it correctly?

 

Mike :hmm1:

[Possum Hill]

Can I still use it a lot if I don't pronouce it correctly?

 

Mike :hmm1:

You're just lucky if you have someone to speak to about ink. It never comes up in spoken conversation for many of us.