do you say it as kay-bin or k'bin?
LollerCorleone, 
Kay-bin, obviously.
numbscroll, 
Originally thought cabin but didn’t stick. Kay-bin 100%.
Semmelstulle, 
Same here. But I’d not be surprised if we have Cabin for kbin at some point.
VulcanSphere, 
Vulcan says "k'bin".
fartsinger, Rhymes with gaben
jaye, 
Okay so I'm not crazy! Thought so
Teon, 
I pronounce it, 'Freedom'.
Andjhostet, I wouldn't trust my kids around someone that pronounces it k'bin
LopensLeftArm, K’bin sounds like a Klingon name.
Ragnell, 
I thought in Klingon they pronounced those kind of names like Kay-bin
Ferk, (edited ) 
I don't think Klingon has a K' anywhere, in fact in Klingon it would be written "Q" and followed by some vowel, like in Qapla' or in Qi'yaH
Ragnell, K'Ehleyr
elscallr, Kahless
Ferk, (edited ) That's still likely a mistransliteration (or maybe because those are proper names), but Klingon has only "q" and "Q" (which depending on the capitalization are pronounced differently, treated as different letters), technically there's no "K" in the Klingon alphabet, you can see it in the pIqaD:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:KLI_pIqaD.svg
Similar as with the "f" from "Worf", there wouldn't be a straight "non-destructive" way to write it in Klingon.
CC: @Ragnell
Cloudless, 
Non-native speaker here. I get kay-bin, but how are you supposed to say k'bin?
toasteranimation, 
like kah-bin
minnieo, 
i do kih bin. kih rhyming with like "fi" in fill or "pi" in pill
jon, 
Kuh-bin, with the first syllable short and emphasis on the second.
scribs, 
like “book bin” but without the “boo”
Antiscamer7, 
Kibin
minnieo, same here, i didnt know i was in the minority on this one lol
minnieo, kih-bin
dosidosankofa, 
KAY bin ..... right? (RIGHT??
psyspoop, 
tips fedora "k'bin"
(I say kaybin)
rodhlann, 
M'k'bin
Flanagax, 
k'binst'd've
cutitdown, southern accent
Hey y'all, we're headin' down 'er to m'k'bin on the bayou this weeken' if ya wanna tagalong
LazaroFilm, 
@rodhlann Hmmmkayyybean
@toasteranimation @psyspoop
joeygibson, 
Kay-bin.
It reminds me of the property manager at my first apartment, back in 1990. She spelled her name "K'ren", and I assumed it was pronounced either Karen, or kuh-Ren. Nope. It was "KAAAAYYY-WRREE-NNN", three syllables in her very southern accent. The stress was on both of the first two syllables. 😂️
nightauthor, 
When I refer to the threadiverse in general (including “I saw a post on on…”) I just say lemmy. I actually really dislike the name “kbin”.
No sense in explaining it tho, cuz if you don’t get it, you won’t get it.
cutitdown, Interesting. For some reason kbin sounds better than lemmy to me, but don't super love either.
nightauthor, Both are still better than “beehaw”
elscallr, I say "the lemmybins"
Mars2k21, 
Kay-bin seems like the only correct way. Cabin or K'bin just feels wrong for no particular reason. The name honestly just makes me think of KDE.
Peruvian_Skies, 
"Cabin" with a strong emphasis on the first syllable seems hillarious though.
WorseDoughnut, 
Same, k-anything has just been beaten into my brain as "oh a KDE app!"
Amongog, 
In spanish you are likely to default to k'bin (cabin).
Letter K pronunciation varies across the globe, so I think everyone will have variations of it.
CarlsIII, I say “Kay-bee”; the n is silent
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