# Off-Topic: Sitsbones

**URL:** <https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/off-topic-sitsbones/1543>\
**Category:** Yoga Off The Mat\
**Created:** [December 6, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/off-topic-sitsbones/1543 "2024-12-06T12:38:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![brueckner.nina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@brueckner.nina](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/brueckner.nina)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/off-topic-sitsbones/1543/1 "2024-12-06T12:38:09Z")

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Dear DYWM Team,

this is unrelated to practice but it makes me smile every now and then so i thought i would share and ask:  
i am not an english native and i sometimes hear a few of the teachers here say “sitSbones” instead of sitbones and i wonder: is this a regional difference thing? i assume most teachers here are from canada - but not all of them say it like this? to me it sound funny - again, not a native speaker - and i wondered where this originates from 🙂

all the best and thank you!!!

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**Author:** ![NitinM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@NitinM](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/NitinM)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/off-topic-sitsbones/1543/2 "2024-12-09T17:41:53Z")

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Wikipedia says sit bones or sitz bones [Ischial tuberosity - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischial_tuberosity)

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**Author:** ![Fiji](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.doyogawithme.com/fiji/32/2343_2.png) [@Fiji](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/Fiji)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/off-topic-sitsbones/1543/3 "2024-12-10T18:38:15Z")

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Funny! I often wondered the same thing! I hear teachers use both! What I have come to learn is you can say it both ways, it is a pair of ones, 2 of them. The sitz comes from a german word that means to sit.

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**Author:** ![brueckner.nina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@brueckner.nina](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/brueckner.nina)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/off-topic-sitsbones/1543/4 "2024-12-14T10:10:44Z")

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haha funny indeed, i am german native and this is why it sounds funny to me as a “Sitz” is a seat (or a command: Sit!) 😃

thanks for your replies!