I think so...made a poster for my office when I got tired of employees that ran their mouths about all they knew but never shut up long enough to hear why they were wrong."The biggest problem with a closed mind is that it never comes with a closed mouth.
That is what I LOVE! Did you come up with that?
I am Oregonian and to make it official it is Lew-Pold! But if I'm selling one to a dude then I jack the price and pronounce it with the German euro pronunciation.Despite my previous post about an old girl friend, I believe "Lew-pold" is correct. As another poster said, "Loy-pold" may be the German way but as many names become Americanized and subtly changed in the process...
Anyway, "Lew-pold"
edit to add; in the end it doesn't matter. Everyone knows what either one means in reference to scopes
I buy them and call them Swaro's. easy!!I’ve never heard about proper pronunciation of Swarovski. However, I heard a guy say Sa ro ski In a gun shop about 20 years ago. That seemed like possibly more proper then the way most people say it.
Back in the day of Norm Jones etc, they had some pretty good benchrest matches at Johnson CityBrokeasajoke, My cousin from Johnson City Tenn, told me he lived in Worshingtin County Tenn. He was 6 foot 8 and 1/2 tall and weighed 340. I never once even thought about correcting him.
Is it Sight-ron or Sigh-tron?All this is why I buy Sightrons and Weavers!
Is it Sight-ron or Sigh-tron?
It sounds like Beaver!![]()
Can’t screw it up, can you??Is it Sight-ron or Sigh-tron?
You've only gone halfway in educating us poor idiots. Where is the emphasis placed on this LOP-WA? Are those long or short vowels?
If you're going to teach us, can we get some real phonetic symbols?
(And I'm genuinely curious here.)
All this is why I buy Sightrons and Weavers!
I lost Sight-ron over Weavers cuz we got a lil Loopie......Back on task, Loopie for Leupold, as in "I got a 3 to 9 Loopie on my raffle".
Sometimes we get hung up on terms but does it really matter? I shot a 22 yesterday so everyone assumes a 22lr and most don't gripe about that. My last name is rarely pronounced correctly but I don't get hung up on that either. Just sayin'. It's still a fun thread though.
Ohio issues a Concealed Handgun License. As far as the state is concerned, “CHL” is proper. But everyone calls it “CCW.” For example in a gun shop often the sales person will say “Do you have a CCW?” But if you tell someone you have a CHL the rest of the conversation usually goes “A what?” CHL. Concealed Handgun License. “You mean a CCW?” Yeah. “Well why didn’t you just say that?”
“CCW” is propagated in the many training classes available that are required before the license is issued, so CCW becomes the de facto proper terminology.
Whichever.
Non-gun people tend to say "Conceal and Carry" as in "How do you get a conceal-and-carry?"
Ohio now has Constitutional Carry so people who are legally able to can, without a permit,Permit seems simple and repeatable.
I get what you're saying though.
Permit seems simple and repeatable.
I get what you're saying though.
Who, pray tell, is 'Yinz'?Yinz is wound a lil too tight.
It's a contraction of you inz or more commonly youinz.Who, pray tell, is 'Yinz'?
So is it a radEator or a radiator it's like Pennsyltuckians have thier own dialect.It's a contraction of you inz or more commonly youinz.
It's a Pennsylvania thing.
from visatravellers . com:
Yinz - the Western PA way of saying “you all”
Yinzer – the people of Pittsburgh and surrounding areas