Proper Pronunciation

[MQ1]

The funny thing is, this is not an English lesson, but a lesson in the pronunciation of, typically, foreign names and words. So, if you have not heard the words spoken from a native speaker, you would not likely have heard the correct foreign pronunciation.

MQ1

 

[Nodak7mm]

From what I understand/been advised

Swarovski - Swear-ov-ski
Brux - Brooks
Scenar - Ska-Nar

Vigstol - Vig-Stall........ 8)
Casserole - Hot-Dish.... ;D
Nosualc - No-Slack... :-*

 

[ReedG]

Those guys in foreign countries pronounce lots of things different than Americans do. Just because the French say "Pa-ree" doesn't mean that on this side of the pond we can't say "Paris".

 

[NateHaler]

Leupold: "Lee-uh-pold". Not "Loo-pold". And that is straight from the Leupold manufacturing plant in Oregon.

Not so. The people who answer their main phone number are trained to say "LOO-pold". And originally, until dumbed down in America, it would have been "LOY-pold".

People don't get "knee-uh-MOAN-yuh". Psychologists don't read books by Sigmund "FREE-uhd".

Just because most people mispronounce it doesn't make it the de facto correct pronunciation. As Dave Ramsey says "You don't want to be normal. Normal means broke, desperate, and stupid". 8)

 

[NateHaler]

From what I understand/been advised

Swarovski - Swear-ov-ski

swahr-OV-skee

 

[CJ6]

From what I understand/been advised

Swarovski - Swear-ov-ski

swahr-OV-skee

Svar-owf-ski

 

[dblinden]

meplat - Hint: It is not me-plat.

Rather, try may-plah. (accent on second syllable).

Dennis L

 

[CatShooter]

People don't get "knee-uh-MOAN-yuh".

That is true.

They get "PEE-new-MOAN-ya"

 

[jonbearman]

pi-sketti spaghetti LOL

 

[Nodak7mm]

pi-sketti spaghetti LOL

And naknowlium and spagargus......

 

[CatShooter]

pi-sketti spaghetti LOL

Uh uh... it's "Piss-ketty" I was a single father and raised my son from the age of six months old... you learn a LOT of important stuff from your kids

 

[Lapua40X]

Oh yeah? :
Well Almonds is pronounced ah-muhnds
except where some of them higher class folks prefer all-monds
or where the California Central Valley folks that knock them out of tress with long wooden, fiberglass or plastic poles sometimes call them ay-monds

Kreiger, in German, is pronounced Kry-ger.
Norwegians pronounce it Kree-ger and roll the Rs.
Polish prounounce it Kray-ger and roll the Rs.
The Turks pronounce it Kuria-gar and roll the Rs.
The Dutch pronounce it Kree-ha and roll the Rs.

Regional and social dialects vary widely. So let's just recognize that anyone who is assigned a sir name can pronounce it any way he or she likes.
Now, how 'bout we get back to accurate shooting.

 

[284driver]

Pecan anyone?

 

[doc gordon]

we use "forte" daily and think it is pronounced for tay if it had a French origin this would be correct however it comes from latin and is pronounced "fort" ! just for your information

 

[chuckw2]

Ah hell fire, now Gun-a-Month & I are really going to go back and finish up our GED's. v

 

[BigDMT]

Leupold: "Lee-uh-pold". Not "Loo-pold". And that is straight from the Leupold manufacturing plant in Oregon.

Not so. The people who answer their main phone number are trained to say "LOO-pold". And originally, until dumbed down in America, it would have been "LOY-pold".

People don't get "knee-uh-MOAN-yuh". Psychologists don't read books by Sigmund "FREE-uhd".

Just because most people mispronounce it doesn't make it the de facto correct pronunciation. As Dave Ramsey says "You don't want to be normal. Normal means broke, desperate, and stupid". 8)

The voice while you are on hold with Leupold customer Service constantly says "Lee-uh-pold". Then one time I asked a rep, he said that is the correct pronunciation. But I'd be willing to bet that there is the same debate at the Leupold manufacturing plant

 

[CT10ring]

OK, how about ogive, + meplat. I dunno re pronunciation.

I have never heard anyone say these words aloud. Altho I shoot by myself, mostly, so that makes sense.
Except.....in The Hurt Locker, Jeremy Renner says something about wiping blood off the ogive. 50 cal. I thought - dam, someones been fact checkin' their wiki...

I think these are of french origin. It makes for a very exotic sounding sport. N'est pas?

 

[BigDMT]

Lapua -- the Finnish guys pronounce it more like "lah-puwha" rather than "luh pwha" with sort of even accent on the "lah" and "puwha". There is an "oo" sound in there but it runs together with the "wha" sound.

Kahles -- The German rep pronounced this "Kah - less" not "Kay-less". Definitely two syllables though.

Thank you for the correction. I was going from an article written by Ron Spomer where he was on a tour in the Kahles plant and stated it was Kay-less. But he probably butchered it right off the bat like most of us do

 

[BigDMT]

OK, how about ogive, + meplat. I dunno re pronunciation.

I have never heard anyone say these words aloud. Altho I shoot by myself, mostly, so that makes sense.
Except.....in The Hurt Locker, Jeremy Renner says something about wiping blood off the ogive. 50 cal. I though - dam, someones been fact checkin' their wiki...

I think these are of french origin. It makes for a very exotic sounding sport. N'est pas?

Ogive is in my very first post that started this thread. According to nearly all professional machinists, it is pronounced "oh-jive". Shooters have butchered it somehow and came up with "oh-giv". I actually did not learn that one until a couple years ago when talking with more experienced shooters/machinists at a competition shoot. I also used to pronounce it "oh-giv". After a little research on the internet, I found their claim to be true.

 

[CT10ring]

we use "forte" daily and think it is pronounced for tay if it had a French origin this would be correct however it comes from latin and is pronounced "fort" ! just for your information

In North Carolina its - PEE can. up north its pe-CAHN. 4X the price.