silly pronunciation question...

[archerynut]

i hear many people pronounce words as they see them, not as they are supposed to be. the biggest one is Leupold. to me, this word is pronounced "Loo-pold" but i hear lots of guys pronounce it "Lee-uh-pold"

so which is it?

 

[Grizzlypeg]

I don't know. Apparently at one time, the website for Leupold had a pronunciation guide. I watch some American TV, and the commercial for Leupold scopes the guy pronounces it Lee-uh-pold. Like you, I would have guessed it the other way round. When I hear Lee-uh-pold, I think of that old Bugs bunny cartoon where he plays the opera conductor for Yosimite sam and makes him sing figaro till his face turns blue.

edit: was looking for a picture and I now realize it wasn't Yosimite sam after all.

 

[Rugerman]

Say Sako

Not trying to hijack this thread or anything but maybe while we're at it we could be enlightened by those who know how to pronounce the word: Sako. I have been told in Europe it is pronounced "Sock-o" but I hear many people say "Say-ko". Which is correct?

 

[Sako300]

Sock-O is correct. I would also submit many would pronounce the scope maker as Loo-Pold, or Luh-Pold

 

[BigBadBlair]

I though it was Lee-uh-pold and Sah-co.

 

[tootall]

The one that bugs me the most is saying Brno as Bruno.
The "U" is silent, just like the number 6 is silent in "cat".

 

[mandarb11]

All words that are not in the English language.....we english speakers usually take a word and make it our own....if you say le-oh-pold everyone knows what your talking about! lol

 

[XXXXX]

lee-uh-polled

sock-oh

rem-ing-ton

 

[svt-40]

Lew-pold
suck-oh

 

[redlaker1]

I say lee-uh-pold, and sah-ko

and my dad says loo-pold, and sayko

we argue about it from time to time

 

[Ruthless]

suck-oh

good one

 

[GeoTrekr]

Lew-polled and say-ko is what I've stuck to for ages, although I have heard the sock-oh as well, and now learned that it is indeed correct (damn, I prefer say-ko lol).

Now for the real question: How do you pronounce Aluminum?

 

[rtaylor1956]

Loo-pold would be the right pronunciation back in the UK,
Lee-uh-pold is a chain of Bakeries.
Hmmmmm

 

[droid1963]

The one that bugs me the most is saying Brno as Bruno.
The "U" is silent, just like the number 6 is silent in "cat".

... and the F in onions

 

[Sleeper]

Althoe im of Finnish decent i pronounce it as Say-co rather than the correct Sock-o /shrug
if language didnt evolve we would all be still talking like ... "Forsooth doth that not seem to be a rather large stag on the hill over yon? Methinks we should hasten anon to dispatch it before it doth depart"

 

[precision_lee]

what about the h&k?...I've heard a few variations

 

[blargon]

The Leupold Exec I saw on Wildtv pronounced it Loo-Pold. Sako should be pronounced Sah-ko, but we've Canadianized it.

Another Canadianized one is Sabot slugs. Say-bow, not Sah-butt.

 

[scpower]

what about the h&k?...I've heard a few variations

It is pronounced "coke" as per the website faq.

 

[daniellybbert]

I work for a german guy and he said its heckler and sounds like your saying cockhhhhhhh

 

[bill c68]

How about:
Tick-ah or Tee-ka
Roo-ger or Rug-ger (popular south of the border)
Bush-nell or bushnil