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A post featuring a beautiful Sako rifle was starting to get thread jacked by pronunciation woes.
I'm creating this post as penance for my role in said thread jacking.
Clipped from American Handgunner...
This — Not That: Let's try a few more examples often mispronounced:
Heckler & Koch: Heckler & Kokh, not "kotch" or "coke"
Franchi: Frahn-key
Mauser: Mowzer
Carbine: rhymes with car-wine, not car-been
Leupold: Loo-pold
Kahles: Kah-less
Lapua: Lop-wah
Ogive: Oh-jive
Sabot: Sa bow
Meplat: Me plah
Shilen: Shill-un
Mannlicher: Man-lickr
Schönauer: Shown-ower
Lilja: Name of Swedish origin, pronounced Lil-yah in Swedish. However Dan Lilja on videos pronounces it Lil-ja.
Vihtavuori: Veetavoory
Steyr: Shtayar
Fabrique Nationale: Fabreek NashonAL
Geissele: GUYS-el (makers of superb AR-15 triggers)
Kreighoff: CREEK-off
Anschutz: AHN-shutz (rhymes with puts)
Perazzi: Pear-AHTZ-ee
Zeiss: Tsice
Lüger: The umlaut is just about impossible for anyone not fluent in German. I just say Looger and call it good.
Brno: Bruno
Steiner: Schtiner
Fiocchi: Fee-OH-key
Blaser: BLAHzerr
Garand: GAIRend
SAAMI: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute or "Sammy"
Hoppe's: Hop-ease
Walther: Val (rhymes with pal) ter
Star: Estar
Llama: Eyamma
I'm creating this post as penance for my role in said thread jacking.
Clipped from American Handgunner...
This — Not That: Let's try a few more examples often mispronounced:
Heckler & Koch: Heckler & Kokh, not "kotch" or "coke"
Franchi: Frahn-key
Mauser: Mowzer
Carbine: rhymes with car-wine, not car-been
Leupold: Loo-pold
Kahles: Kah-less
Lapua: Lop-wah
Ogive: Oh-jive
Sabot: Sa bow
Meplat: Me plah
Shilen: Shill-un
Mannlicher: Man-lickr
Schönauer: Shown-ower
Lilja: Name of Swedish origin, pronounced Lil-yah in Swedish. However Dan Lilja on videos pronounces it Lil-ja.
Vihtavuori: Veetavoory
Steyr: Shtayar
Fabrique Nationale: Fabreek NashonAL
Geissele: GUYS-el (makers of superb AR-15 triggers)
Kreighoff: CREEK-off
Anschutz: AHN-shutz (rhymes with puts)
Perazzi: Pear-AHTZ-ee
Zeiss: Tsice
Lüger: The umlaut is just about impossible for anyone not fluent in German. I just say Looger and call it good.
Brno: Bruno
Steiner: Schtiner
Fiocchi: Fee-OH-key
Blaser: BLAHzerr
Garand: GAIRend
SAAMI: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute or "Sammy"
Hoppe's: Hop-ease
Walther: Val (rhymes with pal) ter
Star: Estar
Llama: Eyamma