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Greg Carrier
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway?  Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:08 pm |
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Who are those guys?
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OK, maybe I'm just too dense to see the obvious, but where did the name IMWAN come from? What does it mean? I've been wondering.
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Chris
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:11 pm |
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viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1819That should answer all your questions.
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Greg Carrier
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:26 pm |
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Thanks, Chris. I suspected something like that existed, I was just too lazy to look for it. After all, this is only my
SECOND FAVORITE FORUM. Really.
I never would have guessed that IMWAN stood for Incredibly Masochistic Wankers Adding Noodles. AND In My Weird Alternate Nebraska.
Huh.
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Chris
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:47 pm |
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My pleasure Greg.
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Beachy
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:55 pm |
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Mr. IMWANKO
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Greg Carrier
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:17 pm |
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How do you pronounce "IMWAN"?
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Chris
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:22 pm |
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Everyone has a differnet take on this one Greg.
I pronounce it IM like HIM and WAN like JUAN. IMWAN.
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Jeff
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:24 pm |
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Chris wrote: Everyone has a differnet take on this one Greg.
I pronounce it IM like HIM and WAN like JUAN. IMWAN. Me too, but if I say to myself "is that WAN" (like after I read one of your posts, for instance  ), I pronounce that like pan. 
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Linda
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:32 pm |
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It's pronounced as if you were saying "I'm one".
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Chris
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:37 pm |
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Linda wrote: It's pronounced as if you were saying "I'm one". What Linda meant to say was that SHE pronounces it as if she were saying "Im one", but IMWAN takes no official stance on any topic, including this one.
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Jeff
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:38 pm |
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Chris wrote: Linda wrote: It's pronounced as if you were saying "I'm one". What Linda meant to say was that SHE pronounces it as if she were saying "Im one", but IMWAN takes no official stance on any topic, including this one. You're IMWANing incorrectly, Chris.
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Hank
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:05 pm |
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Good Stuff, Maynard!
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Jeff wrote: Chris wrote: Linda wrote: It's pronounced as if you were saying "I'm one". What Linda meant to say was that SHE pronounces it as if she were saying "Im one", but IMWAN takes no official stance on any topic, including this one. You're IMWANing incorrectly, Chris.  Linda is correct. The board's original slogan was "IMWAN. RU?"
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Linda
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:07 pm |
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Guys, just as long as y'all pronounce "ICE" like frozen water, we'll be fine.
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Jeff
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:08 pm |
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...it's not Issay?  so much to learn.
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Chris
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:09 pm |
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By saying that it needs to be pronounced in any one particular way at all is in itself un-WAN.
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Greg Carrier
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:23 pm |
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Wow. I've been pronouncing it in my head as "Hoodoo Gurus."
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72stones
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:33 pm |
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I think Linda must have a good chuckle whenever I bring up the fact that when I first joined up here, I was always assuming that IMWAN was a play on "I'm One" from The Who. This has been a good place for me to be in-considering I have almost nothing on my brain except music...well, there's beautiful women, pro sports, books, WWII, my dog, etc. Well, you get what I mean. I'm screwed up and I fit in here just nicely.  
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Eric W.H. Taft
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:35 pm |
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Linda wrote: It's pronounced as if you were saying "I'm one". Chris is correct about you being incorrect. (Sheesh, the lady doesn't even know how to pronounce her own website.)
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Linda
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:38 pm |
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Wow are you guys gonna sound dumb when we convert to audio in 2012.
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Chris
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:49 pm |
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Wax cylinders.
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:58 pm |
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Thanks to you all for your input and information. I am now no clearer regarding this matter than when the original question was posted. 
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Post subject: What's "IMWAN" anyway? Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:24 pm |
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72stones wrote: I think Linda must have a good chuckle whenever I bring up the fact that when I first joined up here, I was always assuming that IMWAN was a play on "I'm One" from The Who. Hey Steve. You're not the only one. In my head, it will always be a play on this Who song.
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