Pronunciation of gun maker names.
Posted in uncategorized on November 2nd, 2009 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |
I though Heckler and Koch was pronounced “because you suck and we hate you.”
OK, how about Sellier & Bellot? I don’t know– Sell-YEA and Bel-OH? Still don’t know.
I hear almost every day; “LEE uh Pold” when it’s actually LOOP old. Then there’s the M1 Garand, pronounced “GHER und” but most everyone says “Guh RAND”.
How about Ithaca? Eye-THACK-uh or ITH-ick-a?
Hey Jeff,
Great minds think alike. I put that up at the other site.
Dunno, sounded to me like the Germans said “Cock.”
Dustups like this are why I stick with the Kalt and the Schmeeth-und-Vetzen. Veschen. Vezn. Rdrdrdooogah.
The “ch” in Koch is the same as the Scottish pronunciation of “Loch”, as in Loch Ness.
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November 2nd, 2009 at 11:48 am
I though Heckler and Koch was pronounced “because you suck and we hate you.”
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
OK, how about Sellier & Bellot? I don’t know– Sell-YEA and Bel-OH? Still don’t know.
I hear almost every day; “LEE uh Pold” when it’s actually LOOP old. Then there’s the M1 Garand, pronounced “GHER und” but most everyone says “Guh RAND”.
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:58 pm
How about Ithaca? Eye-THACK-uh or ITH-ick-a?
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Hey Jeff,
Great minds think alike. I put that up at the other site.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Dunno, sounded to me like the Germans said “Cock.”
Dustups like this are why I stick with the Kalt and the Schmeeth-und-Vetzen. Veschen. Vezn. Rdrdrdooogah.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:38 am
The “ch” in Koch is the same as the Scottish pronunciation of “Loch”, as in Loch Ness.