Hair Trigger
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Was he 9x18, too?
HOW TO PRONOUNCE MAKAROV
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LVSteve
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Aggie1906
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Uncle Al was Russian. He had a lilt to his speech patterns. Nice, handsome guy. Around kindergarten age I picked up he had been in the Army. I crapped! Cold war on, and we had a Russian soldier in the family!
OK, turns out he was in our Army. Now he is in a Military Cemetery.
OK, turns out he was in our Army. Now he is in a Military Cemetery.
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.
Texas can run that right back on you!
Balmorhea, Iraan, Pflugerville, Quitaque, Mexia, Nacogdoches, Tehuacana - just to name a few.
Alvarado is pronounced Alvaraydo. I don't know why but in Arkansas El Dorado is El Doraydo so I guess it's a thing in the Southwest.
My momma used to say this all the time!
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Best post of the thread. Larry
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Darkenfast
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When "...ov" ends a word in Russian, it is nearly always softened to "...of". Words ending in "...ogo" or ...ego" (note the "e" is a "ye", not an "eh"), soften to a "v" sound, hence "ovo" or "evo".
Fun trivia:
There's very few tricks in how Russian is read, once you learn the alphabet. The fact is, Russian kids learn to read at their speaking level much faster than we do because of the easy spelling.
One of their letters represents four of ours: "shch".
Their alphabet, BTW, is descended from the Greek more closely than our Latin alphabet.
There will be a test later.
On topic: I think the Makarov and its cartridge are a very good design and that the pistol is much improved over the Walter PP on which it was based.
Although the Russians have moved on to 9mm Parabellum pistols officially, I think the Mak will be around for decades in police and military holsters.
I think P. Phil got the virus, n'at. Ain goin' be no grahndhug day this 'ear.
Well, however you want to pronounce them, here are the four types extant. My favorite? The East German variety - they seem to be the best finished; otherwise, they are all pretty much the same.
John
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ACORN
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I like when new anchors on TV news come in from out of town and try to pronounce some of the Native American names here. They really butcher Yougiogheny and Monongahela rivers. Kiskiminetas is another.
We have a small town here, Versailles. Pronounce it as in France from where it was named, ver-sigh, people would laugh. Everyone knows it is Ver-sales.
Besides, it’s spelled Luxury Yacht, but pronounced, Throatwarbler Mangrove.
A small town up I 20 a bit is called Colorado City. Locals pronounce it Call-uh-ray-duh. Sounds wrong, but hey, it's their town.
CAJUNLAWYER
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I pronounce it anyway I please. I'm an American-we can do that sort of stuff
ACORN
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Used to be a local radio personality that told about some tourists asking for Two Dot Montana, but were pronouncing it Twoo Dough. Thought they were sophisticated but no one new what they were talking about.
Absalom
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Having learned to pronounce foreign names correctly can be a curse.
We had that issue when we visited Kentucky, where they also have a Versailles named after the real one, and pronounce it like you do. The Woodford Reserve distillery is located there, so I had the opportunity to mess that up several times.
And then there is the famous German philosopher, Immanuel Kant. Try talking about him to high school sophomores if you’re used to pronouncing his last name correctly as it is in German, and have the boys break out in nervous giggles every time you say it ....
sipowicz
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I’m in California and I’m about the only person I know who pronounces it correctly...Commiefornia.
Same here in the Northeast corner of the Commonwealth.
The little town in Northern Wayne County is spelled "Equinunk".
Obviously a Native American name.
But.....it's pronounced E-Quinn-knock by the locals.
Gets the new reporters and weather people every time.
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