Poll: How do you pronounce "carbine"?

[tac]

G'rand.

tac

 

[tac]

Aluminium

Iddly.

Eye-rak.

Eye-ran.

Lye-sester-shyre.

Wor-sester-shyre. et al.

Edinburg.

Birming-HAM.

Durr-ham.

etc.

tac

 

[slimmer13]

Clip

 

[IronMonster]

Well, If I am holding a loaded one I pronounce it any way I like

 

[Larrytpdx]

It dependss on which side of the tracks you're from.

 

[DirectDrive]

Aluminium

Yep, you know they're from the wrong side of pond when you you hear that one.
Prolly fly in wooden airplanes as well.

 

[tac]

Yep, you know they're from the wrong side of pond when you you hear that one.
Prolly fly in wooden airplanes as well.

Ah yes, while we're talking about wooden airplanes, let's just make mention of the Mosquito. It flew more than twice as fast as the B17, carrying the same bomb-load AND was invisible on radar - in 1943.



Just sayin'.....

tac

 

[jordanvraptor]

It depends on if Venus is the "Morning Star" or "Evening Star."

 

[Certaindeaf]

How do you pronounce "internet"?

innernet
innerweb
www
whodafcares

 

[tac]

LEEver and levver.

OriGAHno and O-riggano.

Erb and Herb.

Fyutl and futYle.

Missle and missYle.

Macaroni cheese and Macaroni AND cheese.

and so on..................

tac

 

[DirectDrive]

Ah yes, while we're talking about wooden airplanes, let's just make mention of the Mosquito. It flew more than twice as fast as the B17, carrying the same bomb-load AND was invisible on radar - in 1943.

View attachment 412245

Just sayin'.....

tac

I knew I was leaving a little red meat as I was typing.
LOL
Yes, the Mosquito was hell on the Nazis and a very nice looking ship as well.

 

[tac]

It did quite well on theior Far Eastern pals, as well, but not as well as the Beaufighter, the so-called 'Whispering Death'....

tac

 

[WAYNO]

My sister has a yellow bicycle.

 

[DirectDrive]

LEEver and levver.

OriGAHno and O-riggano.

Erb and Herb.

Fyutl and futYle.

Missle and missYle.

Macaroni cheese and Macaroni AND cheese.

and so on..................

tac

Well, there's proof that we Americans were able to cultivate the great English language into full blossom and maturity.

 

[tac]

American English is the more correct form of the language, having somehow avoided the errors introduced by the love affair with the French during the reign of Charles II and his French wife.

tac

 

[DirectDrive]

General Schwarzkopf once declared "We've achieved "air superiority."
A British general corrected him. "No General, we've achieved "air supremacy".
Schwarzkopf acknowledged the correction, and then declared the the pool of reporters, "We have achieved air supremacy", with a nod to the British General (whose name escapes me).
I liked it.

 

[Medic!]

Car-Bean.

In case you wonder. I asked some of mine.
And If they have a preference. There not talking.

 

[HB of CJ]

Fun topic. C A R R--B E A N. G E R R--R A N D. O R--R E E E E E---G O N E, (hillbilly pronunciation) P O O--T A A--T O W. On and on. We had in my junior year in high school back in 1964 or so a young drop dead pretty lady from South Carolina as our difficult no bull shiet English teacher.

I worked very hard and only got a "C".

I forgot her name. Married to a huge Navy officer who was at sea. Later met him. Yikes! She was so hot. Also talked so funny. She pronounced a friends name Turnbouh as T--U--R--N--B--O-W Heavy hard emphasis on BOW. The class laughed every time she talked. Hard to understand.

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

Ah yes, while we're talking about wooden airplanes, let's just make mention of the Mosquito. It flew more than twice as fast as the B17, carrying the same bomb-load AND was invisible on radar - in 1943.

View attachment 412245

Just sayin'.....

tac

Probably the most underrated and underutilized airplane of WW2. The plane was faster the the enemy fighters trying to shoot it down even carrying a bomb load, meanwhile hundreds of lumbering B17's and Lancaster's that were 100 mph slower than enemy fighters were being shot out of the sky. Plus they required only a crew of 2. Doesn't make much sense, but then again war isn't about sense.

 

[failsafe]

It's a "Poarsh" until you own one, and then it's a "Por-sha"

Personally, i say KAR-BEAN. but it's all whatever...

But then again, I do cringe when i hear people call the wheels on their car "rims"