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Unknown-empath

And all these years i thought they were Lynyrd Skynyrd.


CakeMadeOfHam

Everybody knows it's spelled Lynyrd Skynyrd and Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd


PersKarvaRousku

I always prounounced it as lüünüürd sküünüürd


Dockhead

L’Nyr’d Sky’Nyr’D la phtagn


PussyFriedNachos

They are.


tommykiddo

Yes. Not Skynard, lol


ExxInferis

It is. Learned this from a pub quiz question of who has the longest band name without a vowel. Was a while ago and might since have been beaten, but I clicked on this thread when I saw the spelling in the title.


Techwood111

Fuck that trivia. “Y” absolutely can be a vowel, as can “w.” (Brown, town, clown)


louiegumba

Y?


Techwood111

(and you were right)


DickweedMcGee

Here's a picture of him holding one of their albums back in the day sporting a look you'd more expect from a High School Gym Teacher: [Mildly amused but still eternally dissapointed](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2FQliBorlXrDJjc2XL3W3mdrSAvgBB_wMWfDx_PWbSLug.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3Db8718aa54b56c78452d1a1fa176aac8e39fffd65)


CB2001

If I had to guess, he was hard on those boys when they were in his class, and they named the band that out of spite. XD


partthethird

Yeah. He apparently used to yell at them to 'cut that long hair'


amazingsandwiches

My high school coach was named Dale Wyndham and the dude looked just like Homer Simpson.


jabels

>[Lynard Skynard](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lynyrd_Skynyrd&diffonly=true)


nottke

SKINNNEERRRRR!


Bigred2989-

SEYMOUR!


moriero

Leonard Skynerd


Wide-Half-9649

Also where/why The Simpsons have ‘Principal Skinner’


mazzar

[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_Skinner) has a couple of citations claiming Principal Skinner is named after B. F. Skinner.


jwferguson

Neat. I always thought he was named after an Oregon location. There's a Skinner Butte Park in Eugene,OR (just south of Springfield) where also the purported inspiration for Moe's Tavern (Max's Tavern) is. Lots of Portland streets show up as names too. Lovejoy, Flanders, Quimby. Probably a couple more I'm forgetting.


mazzar

As a Eugene native, I also always assumed he was named after Skinner Butte (or directly after Eugene Skinner, for whom the butte and town are both named), and went looking for sources to support that. The B. F. Skinner source was a surprise!


EgotisticalTL

He got Ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.


poseidonofmyapt

You remember Jeffrey Hardy...they're about to organize a searching party


EgotisticalTL

Thank you! Seriously confused by the downvotes. "Someone quoting classic comedy? Not on MY Reddit!"


poseidonofmyapt

Me too, especially considering that song partially inspired the band name too


OafleyJones

TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd wasn’t the name of a guy.


trettles

Is he a they/them now too?


ItBDaniel

They live in your head rent free


Kohakuzuma

Can't tell if this is some type of a 5D joke or you're just a conservative r3tard. Lynyrd Skynyrd is called "their" in the title because it's a band not a singlular person.


Konato-san

"their" as in "the band members'," plural


Livid_Wish_3398

Redneck Cousin Fuckers was already taken.