wuzzit eyever or eever?

Iver starts with an 'I', it's pronounced Iver. It's a long vowel, so the 'I' says its name.

Unless you're French, in which case just hold your nose up in the air and mangle it whichever way strikes your fancy.

Well, it depends on whether you want to pronounce it the English/American way, or the Norwegian way.

The English way way would be EYE- vuh Jaan-sn. The Norwegian pronunciation would be EEe-vr Yuun-son.

So considering Mr, Johnson was Norwegian, he probably pronounced his name EEe-vr Yuun-son early in his life, then EYE- vuh Jaan-sn later on after the immigrated to the US.

edwardware said:

Unless you're French, in which case just hold your nose up in the air and mangle it whichever way strikes your fancy.

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Ee-VAIR, you son of an English peasant.

Quite frankly I’ve never actually heard it spoken out loud. Only see it text.

.38 Special said:

Ee-VAIR, you son of an English peasant.

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Hey! I resemble that remark!

Did anyone look into the fact that Iver Johnson was born in Norway? The question was: "How did Mr. Johnson pronounce his name?"

I would think that for the first 22 years of his life, while he still lived in Norway, he would have pronounced it EEVr YunSON, the Norwegian way.

jeg heter iver johnson

dbluefish said:

jeg heter iver johnson

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Then please tell us how you pronounce your name

Dudemeister said:

Then please tell us how you pronounce your name

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Ah, the REAL question is was it Garand or Gerend......

I have heard “eye-ver Johnson” for years in CAS circles.

From the interwebs:
https://www.howtopronounce.com/iver

I will go with gun hey-sus:

Eye-ver

I would say I-ver.
Porsche is a two syllable word, Por - sha, it is the man's (Dr. Ferdinand Porsche) name. When asked if he cared that Americans mispronounced his name, legend has it, that he replied: "Who cares as long as they buy my cars?" I'm willing to bet Mr. YunSON shared that sentiment.

Pudge said:

I would say I-ver.
Porsche is a two syllable word, Por - sha, it is the man's (Dr. Ferdinand Porsche) name. When asked if he cared that Americans mispronounced his name, legend has it, that he replied: "Who cares as long as they buy my cars?" I'm willing to bet Mr. YunSON shared that sentiment.

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This is no different than the average Joe going into a high end watch store, and asking the guy behind the counter if they can look at the Tag Heu-er (pronouncing it hue as in color/shade), instead of Hoy-er.

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Just noticed the poll. It looks like I'm the only one that said it should be pronounced EEver. Cool

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Ah, the REAL question is was it Garand or Gerend......

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I've heard both of those plenty though. I've only heard eye-ver Johnson. As far as the single barrel shotguns ive Seen many of them come and go. Never heard it any other way.

The only one I mumble instead of pronouncing is H&K. Lol

One of the most aggravating to me is "Harrison" richardson. Clearly that isn't what is stamped on the guns.

Garand rhymes with parent. Garend. Cant speak for iver. How do foreigners say 30-06 I wonder? My brother in law from hawaii just the other day pronounced ruger as “rugger”.

This guy says EYE-ver. Not gonna argue with him.




I’ll try again -
IVAR says Eye-ver.

Col. Harrumph said:

OK, so I'm just trolling here. How did Mr. Johnson pronounce his name? My guess is 'ee'. Prove me wrong.

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Dudemeister said:

Did anyone look into the fact that Iver Johnson was born in Norway? The question was: "How did Mr. Johnson pronounce his name?"

I would think that for the first 22 years of his life, while he still lived in Norway, he would have pronounced it EEVr YunSON, the Norwegian way.

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Yeah, I missed that part. I voted for the "eye" version, regardless.

Guess how most people pronounce Hughett.

I’d be quite certain he would have pronounced his name, phonetically as “eev-uhr” - as most Scandinavians I’ve spoken with in my life tend to use a softer “uh” for the letter E in “er” than we might expect, for example, in latin dialects (with the letter E drawing a long A sound). Most seem to pronounce an “er” almost just as an R, like they’re trying to get out of the word without saying the last syllable, but are too polite to leave the party without at least whispering goodbye.

But no one would have a clue wth you’re talking about if you said “eevuhr yawnsuhn” in modern America. I can tell you also, whether misspelled as Iesous, Yeshua, or Joshua, a whole lot of folks know who you mean when you say “Jesus.”

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That right there is the correct pronunciation.

In basic training, had a Cajun guy named Richard Richard. He pronounced it Richard Reshard....you can guess what the DIs did with that, especially at mail call

You say Poe-ta-toe I say Tow-mah-to, lets have a beer.

PWC said:

In basic training, had a Cajun guy named Richard Richard. He pronounced it Richard Reshard....you can guess what the DIs did with that, especially at mail call

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Cajuns. I've had a lot of friends and family that are Cajuns. Something French got into them long ago and I think it's butter. Too much butter in your food makes ya speak funny.