How do you pronounce these words:

[JohnBT]

My grandfather was born in 1891 in the Shennandoah Valley near Waynesboro Virginia. That's near Staunton which is pronounced Stan-ton, and not all that far from Buena Vista which is pronounced Bewna Vista. Anyway, he was taught in school that Arkansas was pronounced Ar-kansas.

John

P.S. - I knew the pronounciation of Laphroaig, but I'd forgotten that I bought a new bottle. Thanks for the reminder, I'm sitting here sipping some out of an antique Old Crow shotglass.

 

[10 Ring Tao]

I've got to go with the instructor, from when he introduced us to the .50BMG Saboted Light Armor Penetrator, SLAP rounds.

Să-but.

Add an -ed on the end to denote an adjective, and pronouncing it the french way just sounds silly.

 

[wolf_from_wv]

carbine seems to be car-bean around here.

A car can have an earl far (oil fire), if it spreads, it can develop into a tar far (tire fire...)...

I wonder if my truck could use a new "cataclysmic" convertor...

Heard someone one the news talking about the Pot - o - mac (as in pots and pans) River and the Can - o - waw (Kanawha - pronounced like "can" of beans) River...

 

[WvaBill]

Heard someone one the news talking about the Pot - o - mac (as in pots and pans) River and the Can - o - waw (Kanawha - pronounced like "can" of beans) River...

That's just silly. Everyone knows it is ka naw HA.

:banghead:

 

[Billmanweh]

Leupold is pronounced loop-hold, right?

 

[Mal H]

According to Fred, hisownself, Leupold is pronounced more like loo-pold. I tried to find the sound bite I had where he pronounced his own name, but it is gone I fear.

 

[hillbilly]

In Arkansas, there is a city called El Dorado.

In Arkansas, it is pronounced "Ell Doh-RAY-doh."

It is not pronounced "Ell Doh-RAH-doh" as it would be in Espanol......Conquistadors, lost city of gold...that sort of thing.

hillbilly

 

[Tankcommander]

As a tanker for 27 years we only called it say-bow.
As in, "gunner say-bow tank". Making sure everyone on the crew understood what you are talking about is critical since the loader has to load the right round and the gunner has imput the proper round into the computer, other wise you don't hit the target.

TC

 

[CB900F]

Fella's;

Once upon a time, a long-long time ago, I spent the better part of a year in France. I'm proud to Americanize the pronunciation whenever possible (read mangle). After all, to paraphrase, "When in America, do as the Americans do". Long live the apostrophe.

Even their guns are second-rate.

900F

 

[Sistema1927]

Tankers in my former unit used to pronounce it "say-bot."

They must have been some ignorant tankers. At the Armor School, it was always pronounced properly.

 

[Sistema1927]

Tankcommander:

"gunner say-bow tank".

UP!

 

[Frandy]

Sorry, but both my wife and I agree that we like Rum and Coke better than Heck-Lur and Coke.

 

[scout26]

Quote:
"gunner say-bow tank".



UP!

FROM MY POSITION, ON THE WAY !!!!

I swear that shooting a 120 smooth bore IS THE MOST FUN(tm) you can have with your clothes on !!!!

 

[heypete]

I swear that shooting a 120 smooth bore IS THE MOST FUN(tm) you can have with your clothes on !!!!

Quite so.

I miss my tank.

The "clunk-ping" of the base of the round ("aftcap"? I forget...) ejecting and falling into the basket was quite satisfying.

Many fun videos and pictures are available of one of my LTs in the sandbox here: http://www.clubi.ie/exalted/sightssounds.htm

 

[STW]

This discussion is way over my head.

I was in 4th grade before I found out that protestant wasn't pro-test-ant. I'd heard it pronounced properly but never understood the connection between the written and spoken form. That's what happens when you're a Mormon kid in a Catholic neighborhood.

Can you say Browning.

 

[Eightball]

Even their [the french] guns are second-rate.

Whoa, they have guns still? In my household, they're referred to as "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" . So, who cares how "they" say words relating to weapons of war should be pronounced? I don't . Flame suit on .

 

[Mannlicher]

www.dictionary.com

 

[Sistema1927]

I swear that shooting a 120 smooth bore IS THE MOST FUN(tm) you can have with your clothes on !!!!

You guys in the Abrams had it cushy. My experience was with a 105 in an M60. Lot's of fun, but a pretty bumpy ride, and forget about accuracy while on the run.

 

[LiquidTension]

Nuclear is NOT pronounced "nukular" - I HATE that, and I correct anyone I hear say it that way. I wish Bush would get it right

Heckler and Koch is pronounced "HK" by the people that work there

There's a street in Columbia named Huger. The correct pronounciation is "yew-GEE" - most people not from here never get it right. They might get so far as "HYEW-gee," but to most out of towners it's just "hyu-ger."

 

[GunnySkox]

Let's see:
vowels should be obvious, less obvious ones are in parentheses

Mosin Nagant = mO-sin n(uh)-g(ah)nt

Heckler & Koch = Hecklur and k(ah)(that hocking sound you make with the back of your throat) OR Aitch and Kay

Carbine = c(ah)r-bean

Czeska Zbrojovka (sp?) = Cee Zee

Sabot = say-bow

Powhite (tribe of indians and tollway in Richmond, VA) = po'-white

Pepsi = Vile heathendevilpagan and your heinous crime against tastebuds! Begone from my sight!

~Slam_Fire

 

[hillbilly]

Okay, here's one more.

I own a Makarov.

I'm from Arkansas, and I say it "MACK-uh-roff."

A friend of mine is from Mongolia, and can speak Russian, and in fact went to a military academy type thing in Russia during his two-year stint in the Mongolian army.

He saw my pistol once, and said, "Hey, is that a muh-KAHR-ov?"

hillbilly

 

[ietrash]

Hey Hillbilly,
You beat me to L DOE RAY DOE.
Speaking of Arkansas, they've got some counties that are pronounced a little differently, like: Nevada
instead of saying " nah vah da " , they say " neh vey da ".
And Layfayette, is pronounced " luh fay it ".
Oh yea, to make it gun related I've got a J. P. Sauer Model 90 in .270 Win.
"Sour"

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

Well, I'll play:

How about......Walther and Kahles?

I pronounce it Ore-u-gun.

It's Nuhv-add-uh, not Nuh-Vahda.

It's Miz-urry, not Miz-uhr-uh.

And it IS Loo-pold, not Loop-hold. Call 'em up & see how they answer the phone!

I think it's Are-can-sans because Are-can-sawyers is too dang close to Are-can-lawyers !!

Quote: Husker1911-Geez, if it weren't for Americans riding to the rescue in two world wars, the pronunciation would definitely have a Germanic influence. Too True, Husker;

BTW: it's Vall-ter and Call-us

Sam

 

[QuickDraw]

I think you'll find "sabot" related to another word: "sabotage."

Curly on the Three Stooges pronounces it"sabatoogy"

QuickDraw

 

[GunnyBob]

True story. Am in a restaurant in Kentucky and order Fettucine Alfredo. Waitress continues to look upon me as if I've asked for the head of Alfredo Garcia and half a cup of warm fat, until I realize I've been pronouncing it all wrong. Fe-Too-Chi-Nee is how the young lady corrected me, and uttered Vi-oh-La with a flourish when she at long last brought the meal.