wuzzit eyever or eever?

[unclenunzie]

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

Eventually he made Major?

 

[GBExpat]

Relative to most folks in the USA, it doesn't really matter how he pronounced his name because, like Garand, Iver has entered the American vernacular as "eye-ver".

 

[Speedo66]

Mossberg, being Swedish, would be pronounced Moss-ber-ye, but the "ye" not too pronounced.

Their logo includes the Swedish flag background and the "tre kronor" or three crowns, a Swedish national emblem.


I was in a sports car repair shop, he had a sign on the wall: Porsche questions free, Porsche-ah questions $5.

Now try and pronounce Peugeot correctly.

 

[Col. Harrumph]

Now try and pronounce Peugeot correctly.

Or Citroën. (Ans: SEE-tro-ehn)

 

[CapnMac]

Porsche is a two syllable word, Por - sha, it is the man's (Dr. Ferdinand Porsche) name.

And comes fro mthe Latin Proper Noun: Portia.

Guess how most people pronounce Hughett.

Probably not as "You et" as a guess.

Cajun guy named Richard Richard

My inclination would be to use "REE hard resh HARD" from the Acadians I've grown up around.

that are Cajuns. Something French

Non l'français à l'intérieur, c'est le coeur Acadienne. Bonne temps roulez!

 

[Dudemeister]

Now try and pronounce Peugeot correctly.

"Pew-Jo"

 

[PWC]

What about "woken"....no such word; correctly stated Is "awakened"

 

[Electricmo]

I have a franchi shotgun. I pronounce it fraunkee. Others say Franceee.

 

[Rubone]

Fraun-chee

 

[doubleh]

I don’t know how he pronounced his name and don’t care. Back when they were in production all I ever heard was I-ver John- son but I grew up in Texas.

 

[Speedo66]

"Pew-Jo"

That's the American pronunciation.

 

[Dudemeister]

That's the American pronunciation.

OK, then you pronounce it "the non-American" way.

If I still remember some of the French I learned in school, it's pronounced as if you put the words "peu" and "jeux" together. But then again French was not my native language, so what do I know...

 

[DrDeFab]

Good thing English isn't prone to that sort of problem - "Featherstonehaugh" is obviously pronounced "FAN-shaw"...

 

[DDeegs]

Eye-ver, he used owls on his grips, they have big eyes, maybe ???

 

[Kleanbore]

If I still remember some of the French I learned in school, it's pronounced as if you put the words "peu" and "jeux" together. But then again French was not my native language, so what do I know...

"Peu" sounds a lot like "per".

"Geot" sounds like "joe". "Jeux", not really

 

[Dudemeister]

Are you referring to the French pronunciation of the french words Peu (little) and Jeux (games)?

 

[JohnKSa]

I think it's very interesting to know that Garand pronounced his name 'gerund' and that Johnson likely pronounced his name 'eever yunson', but I won't be changing how I pronounce either. ('garand' and 'eye ver jon son') Not because I'm stubbornly entrenched in a habit, but because when I speak those words (names) I am communicating and for that to happen, I need the people I'm talking to understand me.

So I say 'sayko' and not 'socko' when I mean 'Sako' and 'gahrand' when I mean 'Garand' even though I know those are incorrect, because I know that the odds are very high that the people I say them to will know the common pronunciations.

But I do think it's interesting to know the true pronunciations.

 

[AlexanderA]

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

This. I've never had any desire to own one of his revolvers.

 

[.38 Special]

All I know is that can't say "Mannlicher" out loud without blushing.

 

[Pudge]

That's the American pronunciation.

So, if you're in America when you hear them, other pronunciations are incorrect?

 

[Waveski]

I've never had any desire to own one of his revolvers.

Different strokes ...

I just felt that I needed a classic old top break -- Satisfied it with this EYE-ver. Hardly cost anything.