How do you pronounce Pachmayr?

[Paolung]

As in, the grips.

Is it "pack-meer", "pack-myer", "pack-mur"…?

Or something else?

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[Gbirk]

Pack-meyer as in Fred Meyer is how I have always heard it said.

 

[RVTECH]

Well it is actually spelled PachMAYR but I have always heard it pronounced (and as well myself)
Pack - Mar.

 

[Certaindeaf]

View: https://youtu.be/yACFO_Flrd8?feature=shared

 

[Paolung]

Well it is actually spelled PachMAYR but I have always heard it pronounced (and as well myself)
Pack - Mar.

Thanks for the correction, updated.

 

[Bobbygun]

I always pronounce it pack meyer, like Fred Meyer. Just watched a clip from the Shot Show and the guy in the Lyman booth pronounced it that way as well. (Pachmayr is owned by Lyman)

 

[WAYNO]

I agree...

Pack My Ur

 

[titsonritz]

Pack-meyer as in Fred Meyer is how I have always heard it said.

I always pronounce it pack meyer, like Fred Meyer. Just watched a clip from the Shot Show and the guy in the Lyman booth pronounced it that way as well. (Pachmayr is owned by Lyman)

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[TTSX]

Has anyone call their office? I bet they know how to pronounce their own name

 

[CountryGent]

Has anyone call their office? I bet they know how to pronounce their own name

I just tried this, but, alas, the voice mail system didn't say the word. They did, however, say Lyman, who, evidently, owns Pachmayr.

As to the original question, I've always pronounced it Pack-Mar. I'm pretty sure because my father said it that way. Correct? No idea.

 

[Member 45541]

Has anyone call their office? I bet they know how to pronounce their own name

No one works in the office anymore silly! It's all from the home now.

 

[titsonritz]

As @Bobbygun mentioned…

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GajZCUoTeIw

 

[WAYNO]

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.

 

[titsonritz]

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.

Same goes for Camp Lejeune.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kpAEqsK62x0

 

[Member 45541]

I have a 5 letter last name. My grandfather was 100% French and I've only heard it pronounced correctly one time in my life. And that was from a French woman who was visiting when I ran into her in Oklahoma back in 2001. She saw my name on a name plate and greeted me with the correct pronunciation. I was taken aback at first 'til I realized her accent was real.

Edited for spelling and correct grammar!

 

[monkeybutler]

I would pronounce it sorta like /pock-mire/.

Prolly more of a Scando- Germanic pronunciation.

 

[WAYNO]

I would pronounce it sorta like /pock-mire/.

Prolly more of a Scando- Germanic pronunciation.

Actually, I did look up the German pronunciation, and it is as you said...

 

[Bobbygun]

Lapua anyone?

Someone asked the same question about that a few years back. I remember I wasn't sure how to pronounce it even after listening to the foreigners in the Youtube videos say it.

 

[WAYNO]

Lapua anyone?

Someone asked the same question about that a few years back. I remember I wasn't sure how to pronounce it even after listening to the foreigners in the Youtube videos say it.

I always said Lop-Wa .

I hear other say Lop-oo-uh .

 

[Bobbygun]

I always said Lop-Wa .

I hear other say Lop-oo-uh .

The nearest I could get to the video I saw was luh pwa, which is close to lop wa.

I've heard folks say la pow and also luh poo uh.