HOW TO PRONOUNCE MAKAROV

[geeollie]

Yes, it is spelled Makarov, but it pronounced Smith.

 

[cherrypointmarine]

Interesting , I have 2 of them . One is an East German , the other a Bulgarian . My brother and a friend bought a case of them when they first showed up , ordered them out of Shotgun News . If I remember right , he paid less than $50 each . For what they are , they aren't bad shooters , just a little heavy .

Mike

 

[Golddollar]

Interesting , I have 2 of them . One is an East German , the other a Bulgarian . My brother and a friend bought a case of them when they first showed up , ordered them out of Shotgun News . If I remember right , he paid less than $50 each . For what they are , they aren't bad shooters , just a little heavy .

Mike

I have a couple of the Russian commercial models. Pretty accurate and goes bang every time. The best thing I call them is "MINE."

 

[Kurusu]

Steve Buscemi only learnt how to pronounce his own name when he went to Italy.

 

[Old Corp]

And, of course they couldn't go with the world-accepted .355" bullets.....NOOOOO, it had to some weird off the wall diameter......
Commies.

 

[Absalom]

At least MAH-ka-roff ... pardon me, Ma-KAH-roff, consists entirely of letters you all can pronounce.

I had a friend, all American for generations, who by inheritance was stuck with the good German name Koch.

Now the problem is that the majority of English speakers, even many that are pretty fluent in German, can’t properly reproduce how Germans pronounce the ch after an o (it’s different after other vowels).

He and his family pronounced it Cook. But on a daily basis he complained about being called Coke, Cock, Cotch, Coutch, Coach, .....

 

[LVSteve]

John Garand himself pronounced it to rhyme with "errand."

John

Coming from England I quickly noticed that most Americans have a morbid dread of words that repeat the same vowel sound. Converting "a"s into "e"s is a favorite. I knew a girl from CA whose name was spelled Tara, but every time I pronounced it properly, Ta-ra, all around giggled and said "Tera". But "Terra" is where you say you are from when first introduced to somebody from Andoria. I was properly baffled.

 

[shocker]

pronouncenames.com might give you an idea..

How to pronounce Makarov (Russian/Russia) - PronounceNames.com - YouTube

My limited knowledge of Russian has that there is no hard and fast rule on which syllable gets the accent. You have to learn it word by word. Google translate puts the accent on the first syllable.
Another rule is that long vowels shorten if the syllable is not accented.
R's are trilled and the final v sounds as an f.

 

[CA Escapee]

How do they pronounce "Garand"?

Rhymes with "errand" according to Gen. Hatcher, who worked with John Garand. A writer asked Hatcher once because he figured he'd know.

 

[crstrode]

Looks like Russians are meddling in US affairs again.

 

[tops]

How do you pronounce ov? Larry

 

[Engine49guy]

This thread Reminded me of when I was a young man married to an eastern European gjrl 30 years ago, while traveling I saw a Russian truck with the name on the front KAMA3
Im like... Kama 3 ??? No silly American it's pronounced KAMACH

 

[Brassmonkey55]

Its actually said as " blowzaholeinyacar".

 

[Jessie]

That's how us hillibillies say it. Not sure anyone here in flyover country would stand for some Russian correcting their pronunciation . . .

It’s usually uncorrectable.
Did I just make up a word?

 

[ISCS Yoda]

The founder of the Dallas Holocaust Museum was named Jakobovich.


Yahkoboivich is likely the correct Polish. Or close to it.

My grandfather pronounced his name Daweedoich. In English it was spelled Davidowitz. It doesn't get much more Jewish than that.

My last name and the Museum Founder's are the same.

Neither of our family's names are Davidowitz or Jacobowitz.

I long ago gave up caring how such foreign terms and names are pronounced.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

If you can read this in English, thank a veteran.

 

[Buford57]

Dang.

I've been putting the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLABle.

 

[Old_Cop]

I will never get the time that I spent reading this back.

 

[Absalom]

Besides, who needs Russians?

Here in Oregon (Don‘t say Ore-gone!) we filter strangers out with a few local place and town names:

Willamette, Clatskanie, Neahkanie, Yachats, Siuslaw, Luckiamute ...

If you can‘t figure out where to place the emphasis correctly, go away.

 

[CajunBass]

I had one. I called it a "Mak."

 

[hittman77]

I don't care how foreigners say it ..... this bein 'Merica we'll say it any way we want.