Proper names should be pronounced as their bearers desire.
Yeah maybe. But there's a tiny little town southwest of Nashville called 'Sante Fe'. The locals pronounce it 'santa fee'. I just can't get on board with that
Don’t get me started on Camp Le Jeune vs Camp Le “jern”
January 07, 2020, 04:45 PM
CQB60
I simply say Ruger
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January 07, 2020, 04:56 PM
ggile
I knew it was Sturm, but I generally just say Ruger.
Regarding Leupold, I pronounce it Le Up Old.
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January 07, 2020, 05:08 PM
kkina
quote:
Originally posted by ggile: I knew it was Sturm, but I generally just say Ruger.
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January 07, 2020, 05:40 PM
sigfreund
quote:
Originally posted by kkina: Leopold.
That cartoon evidently dates from 1949. It’s a telling comment on how our culture has changed in 70 years to think that the producers of the cartoon could expect that an audience of children, or even adults, would have had the slightest understanding of what it referred to.
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January 07, 2020, 06:21 PM
kkina
quote:
Originally posted by sigfreund:
quote:
Originally posted by kkina: Leopold.
That cartoon evidently dates from 1949. It’s a telling comment on how our culture has changed in 70 years to think that the producers of the cartoon could expect that an audience of children, or even adults, would have had the slightest understanding of what it referred to.
If the breaking baton wasn't a tipoff, the hair should have been. Or should I say "hare"?
Originally posted by 21bubba: Aside the Super Blackhawk I call them overweight pieces of junk.
I have about a dozen Blackhawks (Old Model) in several calibers--I really am fond of them!
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January 08, 2020, 01:33 PM
6guns
quote:
Originally posted by kkina:
quote:
Originally posted by sigfreund:
quote:
Originally posted by kkina: Leopold.
That cartoon evidently dates from 1949. It’s a telling comment on how our culture has changed in 70 years to think that the producers of the cartoon could expect that an audience of children, or even adults, would have had the slightest understanding of what it referred to.
If the breaking baton wasn't a tipoff, the hair should have been. Or should I say "hare"?
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January 08, 2020, 05:50 PM
WaterburyBob
I've never heard anyone pronounce it 'Strum'.
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