# Anyone else once thought "Werrd" company was called "Weird"? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [September 22, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461 "2013-09-22T03:12:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Laws0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Laws0n](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Laws0n)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/1 "2013-09-22T03:12:31Z")
Up untill a few months ago when someone was showing off their collection and had some Werrd throws and pronounced it like “word” I then took a closer look & realized that “word” is the right pronouciation. Before that I thought they were called “Weird” for all these years hahaha. I mean it kinda makes sence, they have unique and weird designs, weird names, just alot of the stuff about them is WEIRD! Hahah. I dont mean weird in a bad way, more 'hey thats a weird concept, oh wow its awesome!!" They are def a style of their own and I havent had the chance to own a Werrd but have played a few and they play awesome and have a very unique feeling. I know its just a simple mistake but its kinda funny. I guess my brain just thought “Weird” and had that implanted into my memory, also with the weird/unique/experimental/cool yoyos they have made they either have a weird design, or name, or both. Like the paquino (means small in spanish if u dont know that), its a 49 gram yoyo!!! Most companies wont even think of going outside the safe 60-70 grams, and when they rarely do its a couple grams like 59 or 71. Werrd went 11 grams outside that and made a great fun WEIRD throw! Im sure if u want to get technical you can think of smth but when I think of yoyos I cant think of ANY that are even similar to the Paqino! Same with alot of other yoyos by Werrd! So I cant be the ONLY one, is there anyone else that will admit that they thought Werrd was called “Weird” instead??? ---
**Author:** ![Elluzion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/elluzion/32/1269_2.png) [@Elluzion](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Elluzion)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/2 "2013-09-22T03:15:55Z")
Up until this post thought it was weird… Mind blown :open_mouth: ---
**Author:** ![yomagic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomagic/32/131_2.png) [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/3 "2013-09-22T03:25:22Z")
paquino= Pacquiao ---
**Author:** ![YoCyanightYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/77aa72/32.png) [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/4 "2013-09-22T03:37:00Z")
> [@yomagic](#): > > paquino= Pacquiao I always knew this ones name because of pac-man. If I hadn’t known about pac-man I would’ve never pronounced this right. ---
**Author:** ![MYNAMEISZen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@MYNAMEISZen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MYNAMEISZen)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/5 "2013-09-22T03:54:03Z")
I still pronounce it that way. I heard it pronounced the right way one time and was like whaaaa… I thought weird fit because they have some interesting characters on their team. ---
**Author:** ![Totalartist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/totalartist/32/1054_2.png) [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/6 "2013-09-22T04:13:42Z")
This never crossed my mind. I sounded out Werrd, when I saw it, and it just couldn’t be anything else in my mind, but that. But, it looks like you’re not alone. :-\ ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/7 "2013-09-22T06:04:23Z")
Actually, Werrd, is a very ancient word. It is Ukrainian in Origin. In the Ukrainian language, it mean ‘something Amazing’. Translated to English, it is ‘Phenom’. \<\> which likewise, stands for ‘something Amazing’. The word is pronounced, Fih-nomm. I seriously read that information , uh, in a Book. The Book is titled,’ It’s a Small, Small World’, by Manny Pequeno. Lolol. ---
**Author:** ![PAPO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/papo/32/1415_2.png) [@PAPO](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PAPO)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/8 "2013-09-22T06:58:22Z")
I’m with TA, I always just sounded it out especially after reading on YoYo Wiki that it was a contraction/ abbreviation of “Word Up” but I was aware that the mistake has been made, if I remember what I was told correctly it was actually at a contest too 😛 @Doc that’s pretty cool stuff, and very “full circle” also the Pac-I’m-not-even-going-to-bother-trying-to-spell-the-rest-of-it-o 😛 was named after the boxer Manny Pac-I’m-not-typing-all-that-again-o 😛 for his attributes of being small but punching well above his weight just like the yoyo was intended to (and does), I guess it’s just another case of things in life coming “full circle” ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/9 "2013-09-22T14:24:35Z")
@yoyodoc - couldn’t help but chuckle. :wink: As for the company name, I always spotted it because while I’m being an idiot (come to think of it, can’t find the off switch) I will often tell/text people “werrrrd” in agreement with something they say. ---
**Author:** ![KaKy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kaky/32/258042_2.png) [@KaKy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KaKy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/10 "2013-09-22T14:28:43Z")
People are always calling us weird ☹ Lol, it’s ok though… We are a very interesting bunch. Glad you guys love us. We love you too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skip/32/353_2.png) [@Skip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/11 "2013-09-22T18:05:33Z")
^ I get it all the time… ---
**Author:** ![StrippedAxle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/strippedaxle/32/1163_2.png) [@StrippedAxle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/StrippedAxle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/12 "2013-09-23T00:07:22Z")
I’ve always pronounced it the was it’s apparently supposed to be since I’ve heard of it. Never even really considered it would be something else. But, on a slightly unrelated but still pretty much on topic note, I love how the call Worlds “Werrlds.” That never gets old to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/13 "2013-09-23T00:09:34Z")
> [@yomagic](#): > > paquino= Pacquiao It’s actually named after a boxer. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_cat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/big_cat/32/877_2.png) [@Big\_cat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_cat)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/14 "2013-09-23T00:13:11Z")
> [@Yoyo](#): > > It’s actually named after a boxer. He knows, he was just correcting the OP’s spelling error. The Pac is a great throw. It may seem like a bit of a novelty, but the weight seems to work very nicely. Another throw from Werrd I really enjoy is the Poo. The Smurf Blue one I have is stunning! ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/15 "2013-09-23T00:14:20Z")
I just read the whole thread and somebody else had already pointed it out. ---
**Author:** ![modman10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/modman10/32/874_2.png) [@modman10](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/modman10)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/16 "2013-09-23T03:03:27Z")
Yeah, I see Logan Willis all the time, he told me how to pronounce it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![redneckyoyoer3826](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@redneckyoyoer3826](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/redneckyoyoer3826)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/17 "2013-09-23T18:26:54Z")
So a friend of mine actually steered me in the wrong direction about this before…he pronounced it “weird” and it stuck with me for a short period of time. But then, after that “short period of time”, I began to realize that it is pronounced “word” according to its spelling. And then, I believe that my suspicion was confirmed at Worlds. So yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Laws0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Laws0n](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Laws0n)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/18 "2013-09-23T21:20:24Z")
> [@Big\_cat](#): > > He knows, he was just correcting the OP’s spelling error. > > The Pac is a great throw. It may seem like a bit of a novelty, but the weight seems to work very nicely. Another throw from Werrd I really enjoy is the Poo. The Smurf Blue one I have is stunning! Yeah I remember reading somewhere its actually the Paquio (or however thats spelled) from Manny Paquio, I have been calling it the “Paquino” because I thought it was a play on it being small/lightweight hahah. I guess that makes 2 things that I pronounced wrong hahaha. I dont get to spend much time w other yoyoers so if I only see it online & its weird spelling or smth then my brain probly turns it into smth Im firmiliar with hahah. Glad Im not alone though! Gotta get a WEIRD yoyo sometime soon! Hahaha ---
**Author:** ![PAPO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/papo/32/1415_2.png) [@PAPO](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PAPO)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-else-once-thought-werrd-company-was-called-weird/59461/19 "2013-09-24T03:27:45Z")
> [@Skip](#): > > ^ I get it all the time… Yeh, but Skip, you’re a special kind of weird, you named your signature POO 😛 but god is it good :wink: