Franchy

The Yanks are pronouncing it "Frank-EEE" in their TV ads, but among any of the old school Italian, Spaniard and Portugese shooters I encounter, they all laugh when they hear this pronunciation. They all say it "Fran-chee".

I would trust the Euros before the Yanks on this one.
 
I'm not too troubled if my pronunciation of product names offends immigrants to this country. The Finns and Italians who object are welcome to book return passage if it bothers them that much. No doubt the countrymen they left behind are quite glad I am lining their pockets with my purchase of their products. ;)

Paris will not become Par-ee. Montreal will remain Mon-tree-al not Mon-royal. I will also continue to say Spain instead of España, will not invoke the Castillian lisp when pronounce Arrizabalaga or trill the double r in Arrieta. :)
 
But I'd bet if someone continually mispronounced your family name, whether easy or not, you'd correct them after a while.;):redface:
 
Who really cares guys? I certainly don't care how it is pronounced, as long as it is a reasonable facsimile and we all know what we are talking about, and besides, you pronounce it any way you want when you are reading the written words.
 
Frank-ee. Same as the old Italian trap shooters from the club say it. Maybe they're old illiterate Italians though. I dunno. Dads got an o/u that he shot alot of trap and birds with, works great.
I say Say-koh, so does everyone I know.
And if anyone manages to screw up pronouncing MacDonald, i'll be impressed.
 
My thing wasn;t whether or not they pronounced it right,..or that I was right and they were wrong or anything like that...

I just wanted to know if I was saying it right cause I was being almost laughed at.

I rarely correct anyone except when they pronounce my surname wrong..

nope, not even when they pronounce Newoundland as New-Finlind
 
Tomaytoe, tomahtoe, I guess it's whatever floats yer boat. I have always pronounced Leupold "lee-oh-pold" and so did every single gun store, hunter & shooter I every knew. Then along comes the TV and it's suddenly "loo-pold". Trying to correct 40 years of bad grammer I suppose.
 
Win/64 said:
I think your really a Wine drinking, Cheese munching, Beret wearing, 16 Gauge shooting, Frenchmen. :)
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You forgot the full Jerry Lewis DVD collection, lifetime pass to Euro Disney, a white flag and a little chien who poops on the sidewalk. :)
 
The ethymology of Franchi as a (sur)name is derived from the Latin word for "Frank" (i.e. Franchi), "Franc" in french...
 
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