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pyro6999
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This information comes from jan. 2011 edition of rifle by Ron Spomer:
sako: looks like sayco and everybody i know says it that way. its sawco leupold: most of us call it leeuhpold,in fact mr. leupold changed the pronunciation during wwI to loopold. nikon: we say nighkahn, it was supposed to be nickahn. franchi: im probably not alone here, i call it franchee, but its franky. oehler: i called it oler for years, its actually ailer. vihtavouri: the finns around here would laugh at me for this one, veetavorey. lapua: we all say lapooa, the finns say lah pwa. kahles: not kaylees, its kah-less, like a bostonian without a car. barsness: bars-ness, not barnsess hodgdon: hodge-done, not hog-done heckler & koch, heckler and cock perazzi: purr-aht-zee steyr: sty er krieger: kree-ger, not kray-ger or cry-ger anyways that a short list of stuff ron came up with |
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They call me "Boots"
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RifleDude
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Actually, it's "Sock-o"
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Ted
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pyro6999
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same thing
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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SVT_Tactical
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What about my buddy who looked at my hat and said WTH is "swa-fa""
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RifleDude
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Minox = "Men-ox" instead of "Mine-ox"
Leica = "Like-ah" instead of "Leak-ah" (synthesis of the words "Leitz" and "Camera")
Hornady = "Horn- a-dee." I often here "day" pronounced at the end, and there's no "a."
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Ted
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pyro6999
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thats classified |
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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tahqua
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pyro6999
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dont tell me, tell ron spomer |
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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tahqua
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I have had HK's for over thirty years and it has always been "Coke". I don't know where Mr. Spomer has been.
Edited by tahqua - February/09/2011 at 12:22 |
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pyro6999
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under a rock doug, ive always said coke as well
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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SVT_Tactical
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I've just always said H&K
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bricat
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Might have to invent a new cocktail - The Heckler and Coke....hmmmm |
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tahqua
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I'll take that with a Heckler and Koch on the rocks.
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Doug
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budperm
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Thta would have to be Brandon's new favorite drink!!!
Boy I had a lot of those wrong!
I always thought Kahles was KALES one syllable.
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RifleDude
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I think it's pronounced "Kah - less."
At least that's how their rep at SHOT pronounced it. |
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Ted
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bricat
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Their web-site used to say that it's pronounced "call-us"
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Tip69
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It's the same sound a crow makes followed by "less" .... if that helps.
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take em!
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bricat
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FWIW, I cringe everytime some guy behind the gun counter says "Lee-ah-pold"
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bricat
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How 'bout this crow! |
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