This not that pronunciation corrections inspired by Sako (Sah Ko)

[Whisky Tahoe]

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

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[Mikej]

PHEW!.....At least I've pronounced my gun solvent brand properly.

 

[P7M13]

Pronunciation is a controversy. That's pronounced kon-trov-er-see. Have some Peking Duck!

 

[Medic!]

Sorry.

I reject your euro trash translations and replace them with............ Well?




Merica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tac]

Tikka - Tick-ka
Sako - Socko
Husqvana - Hoosh-varna
Canik - Janik

 

[P7M13]

Just with the list @Whisky Tahoe compiled, that would be a great hunter's camp drinking game. Cards for "try to pronounce". Everyone would get sloshed.

 

[Medic!]

All joking aside.
After living in Germany for years. I can't see a direct translation to a guns pronounced name is possible..

People in all different parts of the world have different tongue's.
What I mean is they make and use different sounds. [ From guttural sounds. To clicks whistles and pops.]

That said your never going to get a direct translation.
Because you can't make the same sounds.

The best we do is make it sound close.

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

I agree its impossible to be perfect with pronunciations but worth the effort especially as a form of respect.
Now let's get started with the drinking game. I'll put some baily's in my coffee

 

[HA556]

 

[Medic!]

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''For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened which release the power of our imagination.

We learned to talk.''

 

[2thdrglock]

When I got to Man-licker I had to question the validity of this thread

 

[Wombat of Doom]

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

Carbine is usually pronounced Car-bean

And according to the Man it is Guyz-lee

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

Carbine is usually pronounced Car-bean

And according to the Man it is Guyz-lee

I agree, if everyone knows what you mean does it really matter?
Potato guns shoot Potahtoes just fine don't they?

 

[P7M13]

My favorite is Lapua.
If you're super-drunk at a stripper bar and ask for a lap dance, it probably sounds the same. Hold up a Grant and shout, "Lapua!"

 

[MTpockets]

RYE-full

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

RYE-full

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I had to say this a few times before I found "Rifle" in there. Good one. And it qualifies as a drinking game

 

[arrowshooter]

PHEW!.....At least I've pronounced my gun solvent brand properly.

Roger that! It's not "Hop-p-p-s"

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

Roger that! It's not "Hop-p-p-s"

True however we love hops in our oktoberfest celebrations

 

[pharmseller]

AN-jina
an-JI-na

VA-jina
va-JI-na

 

[Certaindeaf]

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

You say carbine, I say pertater.