Garand rhymes with "parent"

[Kahr carrier]

 

[Topgun]

The only people who would say "throat warbler mangrove" would be those in chartered accountancy.

 

[LevelHead]

How about these:

My favs:

Heckler & Koch = Heck-ler and Coke (not kotch)
Sako = Sock-o (not Say-ko)

 

[Bainx]

But it is pronounced "Coke", I have heard it countless times on gun documentaries. I have a friend who just moved away and his last name is spelled Koch. He and wife always said "Coke".

 

[hksw]

I think LevelHead is saying that [koke] is the way it is suppose to be pronounced, as oppose to [kotch].

It's as close as you'll get in US English but I think a little more accurate pronunciation is [k

kh]. Again, that longish k like in -ich-.

 

[Mike Irwin]

Gunsmith in my old home town was named Kocher. Went to school with his kids.

They all pronounced it COKE-er...

 

[LevelHead]

Yeah my post is confusing.

Coke and Sock-O are the correct ways to pronounce.