How do you pronounce it?

[Stump Water]

Was listening in on a conversation at a local shop recently. It prompted the following list. How do you pronounce these?

Leupold
Hoppes
Garand
Sako
Sig Sauer
Swarovski
Oehler
Glaser

Ogive
Meplat
Sabot

 

[wheelgunslinger]

It depends on where I'm standing.

 

[rantingredneck]

Lew Pold
Hops
Guh rand
Sayko
Sig Sour
Swar of ski
O ler
Glay ser
Ah give
Me Plat (short a)
Say bow

Not to say that any of these are correct. Just the way I pronounc them.

 

[Ske1etor]

ranting redneck pretty much put all of them like I say them except for Swarovski... I say it more like Swar-off-ski...

 

[jimmyraythomason]

According to SAKO, it is pronounce "socko". A rep for the company said (para-phrased)" Seiko (Say-ko)is a watch,we make rifles"

 

[Phil DeGraves]

To clarify what RR said:
guh RAND

Also, according to Webster, sabot is pronounced:
SAB bow (with a short "a").

However, I have heard it pronounced
SAB-bow
SAY-bow and
SAB-it,
and everyone knew what was being referred to. I think all are acceptable pronounciations.

Same with "Hops" and "Hoppys".

 

[MakAttak]

How about "Carbine"

Sooooo many people say CAR-BEEN...

Edit: and because I was curious, dictionary.com says both pronunciations: Car-been and Car-bahyn are acceptable. Still grates on me though

 

[Aguila Blanca]

Leupold => Loo' pold
Hoppes => Hop' pees
Garand => Gar' end
Sako => Say' koh
Sig Sauer => Sig Sour
Swarovski => Swa roff' ski
Oehler => Oh' ler
Glaser => Glay' zer

Ogive => => Oh' jive
Meplat => Mee' platt
Sabot => Say' boh

 

[subierex]

Leupold = Loo pulled
Hoppes = Hop eez
Garand = Guh rand
Sako = Say koh
Sig Sauer = Sig sour
Swarovski = Svar ahhv skee
Oehler = Oh ler
Glaser = Glay zer

Ogive = Oh jive
Meplat = Meh plat
Sabot = Say bow

 

[subierex]

Not to thread jack but what about....

Heckler & Koch

I've heard:

Heckler (easy part) and 1) Kotch, 2) Cook, 3) C0ck, 4) Coke

Does anyone know for sure. I've thought #3 above

 

[22-rimfire]

I pronounce them pretty much the way Aguila Blanca has his list. I do believe Sako is pronounced as Soc-ko even though I use say-ko. Hoppes is hop-pees as far as I know.

Heckler & Koch... heck-ler and coke

Kar-bean is my way. Nobody will laugh at you if you say it this way.

 

[grilledcheese]

Wanna have some more fun? Ask a dozen people how to pronounce Heckler & Koch.

The first part is easy...



Jeffrey

 

[mainmech48]

John C. pronounced his surname "Gair-und", FWIW, with the 'ai' as in "air"

From my admittedly sparse acquaintance with German, I say "Svar-off-sky". I could be wrong, but it would follow their usual forms.

Most folks around here pronounce "Hoppe's" as "Hoppies", but then again we call "Versailles" "Vur-sails", so there you go.

I've always heard the terms "Ogive" as "Oh-jive" and "Sabot" as "Sah-bot".

 

[moe.ron]

According to their wesite it is Heckler & COKE.

 

[XDKingslayer]

Loo-pold
Hops
Gair-und
Say-koe
Sig Sour
Swar-ahv-ski
Oh-ler
Glay-zier (rhymes with glacier only with a "z")

Oh-jive
Mep-lat
Say-bow (bow as in bow and arrow)

According to their wesite it is Heckler & COKE

No, according to their prices it's Heckler & COKE, because that's what their on.

 

[lions]

How about some others...

BAR
FAL
cetme
wasr

 

[neviander]

If they're holding any of them, or anything they're mounted to, or used on...I would say it's a potatoh, potahto type thing

 

[Leitmotif]

Koch is pronounced with the german guttural 'gh' sound where I come from. There's no analogue in english. Sounds like grating your own throat with a lamppost.

 

[gvass]

Sig Sauer is Zeeg Za-oo-er you have to say all letters in German. S in the beginning of the word is Z.

Heckler und Koch: the Heckler is normal, the Koch is Ko-HHH with hard H.

 

[TexasRifleman]

BAR and FAL have no pronunciation other than the letters themselves.

B. A. R., F. A. L.

 

[Daemon688]

Pfft, if you've ever taken a German class Sig Sauer and Heckler and Koch would be no problem

 

[romma]

Hooked on Gun-ics...

 

[fletcher]

Leupold: Lou-pold
Hoppes: Hops
Garand: I'm still stuck calling this ga-RAND, but I learned a while ago that was incorrect and should be pronounced more like GAIR-und
Sig Sauer: Sig Sour
Swarovski: Pretty much phonetically as it's written
Glaser: Glazer

Does anyone know for sure. I've thought #3 above

I believe (from the little German I know) that it would be closest to Coke.

 

[Wheeler44]

Heckler (like an obnoxious guy in the audience) Und Koch (sounds like clearing your throat of nasty mucus)

 

[yesit'sloaded]

Not me personally, but the way I have hear them said in a gunstore.
Carbine- car buyin'
Leupold-Loophole
Garand- Gar and
Sako-Say ko
Swarofski- Swear-off-ski