Nah, yer both wrong!!  Tabe rhymes with Gabe!!

DM&FS(criticizing things I don't know about....)

At 12:23 AM 9/23/2005, Jason Kirk wrote:
>Me too. Pronounced it as if it were Japanese.
>
>Jason
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> > Mike Collum
> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:01 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Now Names
> >
> > I always just assumed it was "Tahbeh" ... but then I lived in Hawaii for
> > 35 years and it affected my thinking.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > tabe johnson wrote:
> > > Jeff, I feel your pain.
> > >
> > > Anyone who can correctly pronounce "Tabe" on the first
> > > try without having heard me say it gets ten points!
> > >
> > > tabe johnson/87 westy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>Date:    Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:16:41 -0700
> > >>From:    Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
> > >>Subject: Re: mystery VIN - Now Names
> > >>
> > >>Most of you guys have got it easy.  Try getting someone to spell
> > "Schwaia"
> > >>write the first time.  No matter how slowly I spell it, the American
> > mind
> > >>cannot grasp the idea of "aia".  It's quite funny.
> > >>
> > >>And for those who've decided that "aia" just can't be right, I usually
> > end
> > >>up with either Schwala or Schwaig.  The spelling detectives analyse my
> > last
> > >>name and decide that the "i" is an "l" or that last "a" must be a "g".
> > >
> > >