Ignorant reporters say the dardest things! :D

[WeaponsFree]

I was listening to NPR in the truck today, and the current story was about Libya. This is what the reporter said:

"Deng, originally from Sudan, talked to me while he cleaned and loaded his AK-47 [she actually pronounced it "ack" 47], a type of crude assault gun."

I was laughing so hard I almost rear-ended somebody!

 

[glock36]

And what ?

 

[Bobson]

Just goes to show you, being informed is not a prerequisite for informing others.

 

[ATBackPackin]

It is crude compared to the Arrrr 15.

 

[JFrame]

I've always preferred the Hick-91...


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[animator]

I thought to be a reporter you had to be familiar with the term AK-47, how to pronounce it, and how to say that every gun in existence is one.

 

[Hanzo581]

Yep, every gun in any news story that references guns is either an AK47, an Assault Rifle or a Glock.

 

[Ranger30-06]

Media's guide to weapon identification

 

[BK]

I was sitting at Jiffy Lube today and they had the cable TV on MSNBC. I've never heard of the guy whose show it was that was on at the time, but golly. I couldn't believe what they were stating on that show as fact!! It blew me away!! Either nobody watches that show, and no harm done, or they are volleying Hail Marys every day in an attempt to get viewers. I don't know.

 

[VT Deer Hunter]

Ah you should see how many, and i mean alot of people do not know how to properly pronounce Mosin Nagant. Its pronounced Mo-seen Na-gant.

 

[ants]

Its pronounced Mo-seen Na-gant.

You mean it's not Mossy-Nugget?

 

[Twmaster]

You mean it's not Mossy-Nugget?

And here I thought it was 'noisy maggot'!

 

[Wangmuf]

Anyone got a copy of the poster like the above one where everything, including a Glock, is an AK-47 except the AK-47, which is labeled as a Glock?

 

[Ranger30-06]

This one I believe:

 

[Sam Cade]

Ah you should see how many, and i mean alot of people do not know how to properly pronounce Mosin Nagant. Its pronounced Mo-seen Na-gant.

I was just talking about this today.

Mos-sin. Short O sound, like in Moscow.
Nah-Gon. Its a francophone Surname.

 

[daorhgih]

And how do we pronounce .....

"Снайперская Bинтовка Драгунова"? (CBД = SVD) "Sniper Rifle (of) Dragunov". Inquiring minds need to know. (Actually, Mosin is closer to "Mo-sin"), and you are very correct, for an Aнглиcкий челoвeк.

 

[Sam Cade]

CBД?

ess vee dee. lol

 

[Fanky]

My Russian is a little rusty, but I do believe it's snaipreskaya (snai-press-kai-ya) vintovka (veen-tov-ka, strong o) dragoonova (drah-goo-nova)

 

[AethelstanAegen]

Closer to "snai-per-skaiya veen-tovka drah-goo-nova" Only a slight difference and I suspect that was a typo on Franky's part (the per vs pre). Sam Cade is correct on the pronounciation of MN. You don't say the t as it's a French surname, which the Russians are well aware of.

 

[hso]

Can you tell us which program it was on?

NPR doesn't have a large international staff and they use independent and staff stringers from other agencies especially in conflict zones so you'll hear definite accents and odd pronunciations at times.

 

[regularjoe]

Ranger 30-06, that is hilarious.

 

[The-Reaver]

Ranger 30-06 beat me to it.
Good call man.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

For some real laughs, she should have tried to pronounce Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod. (Of course, neither can I. I just say "CZ." ) Or Mannlicher.

[a] type of crude assault gun

Well, the "Ack" is a little crude.

 

[toivo]

I read a story in a major New York newspaper describing a shooting of a retired cop by his wife. They referred to a Glock 17 as "his service revolver." They even had a picture of it. :banghead:

 

[Skribs]

Tolvo, everyone knows that any rifled firearm is a revolver because the rifling causes the bullet to make so many revolutions per minute. That's why military weapons have the RPM listing...

/sarcasm