How do you pronounce Pachmayr?

[DirectDrive]

"pack-myer" - US
"pack-mayer" - UK

 

[GrayGoose]

Packmere
Packmore
Papsmear...

HOGUE is is!

 

[crstrode]

So, the incorrect pronunciation has become the norm.

When incorrect becomes the norm.

For decades it was the norm that knowledgeable Americans believed Congress was looking out for them.

Look where that got us . . .

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I'm sorry but I don't know and I don't care.

View: https://youtu.be/1NNx26bkI9I?si=yBTvdLu4U9Dt2uq_

 

[ilikegunspdx]

He don't know either. He's just repeating what he heard.

Not unlike my own name. I say it how my Dad said it, but before Ellis Island, it was very possibly not only pronounced different, but was likely a completely different name.

Now how 'bout Garand? It's unlikely that 10% of knowledgeable shooters pronounce it correctly. So, the incorrect pronunciation has become the norm.

Exactly! This is what you tell those YouTube guys:

View: https://youtu.be/kOChl0HNeXs?si=fD06zAol1L7cORe7

 

[Bobbygun]

I'm sorry but I don't know and don't care.

Cuuuuuuz Pack uh Meyer has a way with B O L O G ... N A? (Sung to the tune of Oscar Meyer Weiner commercial)

 

[Certaindeaf]

This is why people buy Uncle Mike's.

 

[WillametteWill]

Next up...

Geissele

 

[WAYNO]

How 'bout Gervais ? The locals say Jur Viss, but in French it should be Jur Vay.

Americans take the easy route. If they can't read it, they just make something up. Eventually it sticks.

 

[titsonritz]

Next up...

Geissele

That's an easy one, Bill G. introduces himself in the first 20 seconds.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ypb5HXdDJhc&pp=0gcJCfcAhR29_xXO

 

[ilikegunspdx]

How 'bout Gervais ? The locals say Jur Viss, but in French it should be Jur Vay.

Americans take the easy route. If they can't read it, they just make something up. Eventually it sticks.

That's a good one. How about champoeg?

Champoeg State Heritage Area - Oregon State Parks

stateparks.oregon.gov

 

[washagonian]

This is entertaining.
Carry on.

 

[washagonian]

OK, ok ... her is a legitimate and substantive contribution to the thread.

How about "Leupold" optics.

I used to pronounce it - leo - pold. "Leo" like in Leonardo Dicaprio.

But I believe the correct pronunciation is lou - pold. "Lou" like in Lou Diamond Phillips.

Cheers

 

[ilikegunspdx]

OK, ok ... her is a legitimate and substantive contribution to the thread.

How about "Leupold" optics.

I used to pronounce it - leo - pold. "Leo" like in Leonardo Dicaprio.

But I believe the correct pronunciation is lou - pold. "Lou" like in Lou Diamond Phillips.

Cheers

If in doubt:

 

[HA556]

That's a good one. How about champoeg?

Shampoo eee.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Fragile

 

[WAYNO]

Shampoo eee.

Oh! But my GPS which is never wrong, says SHAM-PO-EGG.

 

[HA556]

Sham-POO-ee

Champoeg state park is locally pronounced as "sham-POO-ee"1​2​3​. The name comes from the Kalapuyan word "campuik," which means yampa, an edible root

 

[HA556]

How 'bout Gervais ?

Gerbil!

 

[Stomper]

He don't know either. He's just repeating what he heard.

Not unlike my own name. I say it how my Dad said it, but before Ellis Island, it was very possibly not only pronounced different, but was likely a completely different name.

And THAT'S how some poor immigrant got the assigned "Americanized" name of, "Sam Francisco"!