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Stupid question - how do you pronounce "FAL"?

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I'm sure PrezBO would have trouble pronouncing it no matter how many teleprompters he had.
 
Mosin Nagant I've heard started like "muy" the spanish word for very.
Also I've always said Fi (long i) o (long o) chee for fiocchi. That or fee o chee. I call the FAL both.
 
We really need an official "How do you pronounce ____________?" thread, but I'll just keep this one going.

I was listening to a local radio news spot and the reporter described a weapon that was found in the vehicle of a criminal. A carbine. His pronunciation of the word prompted this post.

So, how do you pronounce carbine?

Does it rhyme with nine or bean?
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I looked it up in the dictionary once and checked the pronunciation. It's supposed to rhyme with "bean," although I've heard it pronounced both ways.
 
I don't see what's so hard about pronouncing the names..

In my head I read FAL as FAL/PAL
But what I say it, I say F-A-L

Mo-zin Naw-gaunt

Man-Licker

Heck-ler and Cock (I'm not a big fan of HK;))

Feo-Chee

Lu-pold
 
FAL is an acronym, so spelling it out is an option, but why? No one says "en ey ess ey", they say "NASA".

I say FAL, rhymes with "pal".

Mike
 
Coronach said:
FAL is an acronym, so spelling it out is an option, but why? No one says "en ey ess ey", they say "NASA".

I say FAL, rhymes with "pal".

Mike
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Because "fal" sounds like "fail", which is highly inaccurate.
 
I used to call them FN.
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Certainly that's how the C1A1 was always referred to in the Canadian military.

I believe the British Army called their L1A1 the "SLR" (self-loading rifle).

FAL is an acronym, so spelling it out is an option, but why? No one says "en ey ess ey", they say "NASA".
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That's true enough. However, no one says "see-uh", they say "see-eye-eh".

I say FAL, rhymes with "pal".
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Mike, you are free to call the rifle whatever you want. But be aware that more knowledgeable people will laugh at you behind your back. :eek:
 
Hmm, the same spam repeated in eight different threads.

As clearly stated in the forum rules, "All topics and posts must be related to firearms or civil liberties issues.... Spamming ... (is) prohibited."

I hope the moderator shuts this guy down soon.
 
Okay, thanks Art.

I dunno why these guys bother ... does anyone actually respond to such crude advertising? :confused:
 
I say Fal like Pal. For the simple reason that I can. I'll call the FNC an eff en see, but a FAL is a fal.

But I generally refer to it as an R1 anyway. Confuse the heck out of anyone who isn't ex SANDF/SAPS. I might swing SLR as I also knew them as that. Pronounced Ess Al Arrrrrr(gh!)

Generally an acronym is a WORD made up of the front letters, meaning it should be pronounceable.

As for the CIA, true, but I've also heard those in the know call the SAS the Sass and the FBI, Fibbie. How true that is I don't know.

Personally it is easier and faster to say "fal" than "Eff Aye Al". Besides if you are sitting at the range shooting one and someone comes up and asks to see your "fal" you are gonna know what they are talking about, aren't you?

KBK
 
I generally refer to it as an R1 anyway.
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Also correct.

Personally it is easier and faster to say "fal" than "Eff Aye Al".
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It's also easier and faster to say "Gee Bee Two" than "Winchester Model 70"; but that doesn't mean the former is a correct expression for the latter.

Besides if you are sitting at the range shooting one and someone comes up and asks to see your "fal" you are gonna know what they are talking about, aren't you?
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Yes I will, but only because I've now had the benefit of reading this thread! ;)
 
No connection. It was just a made-up example that (in my opinion, and with due respect for the fact that yours is different) has a much to do with Winchester Model 70 as "fal" has to do with FN-FAL.

"let me see that dipmus (DPMS) AR-15...."
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:D
 
HECK-ler and Coke
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its "Heck-ler and korh" as you say in german.

in French, you say FAL as a word, you don't say each letters.. as the FN FAL is a belgian acronym (french language) you should call it that way.
 
in French, you say FAL as a word, you don't say each letters.
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It is not pronounced that way by all French-speakers.

as the FN FAL is a belgian acronym (french language) you should call it that way.
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Not necessarily! As Winson Churchill said, "It is the inalienable right of every Englishman to pronounce foreign words exactly as he pleases". ;)

P.S. Here's a related thread from the past.
 
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