ACG2x
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Post by ACG2x on Jul 9, 2005 13:07:18 GMT -5
I have long thought it was the traditional kay-fah-bee and have said it that way since I learned what it was. However, Wikipedia and several other sources have it listed as being prouounced kuh-fay-bee.
RD, as someone "in the business", you can use this term without fear of reprecussions from Ric Flair. So, how is it traditionally said?
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Post by barbedwire on Jul 9, 2005 14:29:05 GMT -5
I'd put money down on Kay-fayb (fay-buh). I've never heard a worker pronounce it differently , though I'm open for correction.
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Post by gdm on Jul 9, 2005 15:45:02 GMT -5
I'd put money down on Kay-fayb (fay-buh). I've never heard a worker pronounce it differently , though I'm open for correction. You're right, for years I didn't really know how to pronnounce that word but then I also couldn't pronnounce duodenum either. I wonder if kayfabe will ever make it into a dictionary, hey they put the word langer in so who knows. |
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Post by crazyrose on Jul 9, 2005 19:36:01 GMT -5
I have long thought it was the traditional kay-fah-bee and have said it that way since I learned what it was. However, Wikipedia and several other sources have it listed as being prouounced kuh-fay-bee. RD, as someone "in the business", you can use this term without fear of reprecussions from Ric Flair. So, how is it traditionally said? you are the only person in the world that thinks its pronounced like that |
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Post by barbedwire on Jul 9, 2005 20:52:10 GMT -5
To be fair , it opens up a world of rhyme possibilities. Someone get Lanny Poffo on the horn.
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Post by jakefrost on Jul 9, 2005 22:38:10 GMT -5
Kay (kay) fabe (fay bah)
That's how everyone I come in contact with pronounces it.
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Post by gdm on Jul 10, 2005 8:27:28 GMT -5
K as in special K. Fabe - think Babe the world famous sheep-pig.
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Post by stephendame on Jul 10, 2005 14:08:13 GMT -5
Kay (*sounds like: "K"*) Fabe (*sounds like: "babe"*)
K-babe
Kayfabe
Earliest I remember hearing it was Mean Gene ribbing a guy on the streets of Baltimore during a taped piece before the Slammy's. You can see it on 'Best of the WWF vol 2' I believe. Gene: "Hey buddy, you can't kayfabe me!"
Remember that it's carny talk for 'fake:' hence the 'k' and 'fay' sounds. Guys would say fake backwards: *kay* and *fay* sounds, and then add the *bing* sound ala: 'ribing,' screwing, messing with ya.
Most guys I've heard shorten it even more than that: "He's just 'faybin' ya..."
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