SAKO! How do you pronounce?

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23 April 2003, 15:19

kudu56

SAKO! How do you pronounce?

Ok, we are arguing at work, I say it is sock-o. Like the things you put on your feet, sock! O! The guys I work with call them SAY-ko like the damn watch! Which is it? [Confused]

23 April 2003, 15:24

GeorgeS

Sock-o.

George

23 April 2003, 15:29

tarbe

Absolutely Sock-o.

Anyone who doubts can listen to the promo on their website...

Tim

23 April 2003, 15:51

Tumbleweed

I've also heard it pronounced "dammitthisthing reallyshoots!" [Big Grin]

23 April 2003, 15:51

Orion 1

Sah-ko

23 April 2003, 16:06

Stryker225

I've always imagined it's "Sackoe"... [Embarrassed]

23 April 2003, 16:13

Tumbleweed

Believe me, I know the Finns... [Big Grin]

..and it goes something like this!

"Jarri! Dere runs de mooze! Greb yoor Zokko!"

"Naay Antti. I hed too much de Vodka. Use eensted yoor Rummingtoon..." [Big Grin]

23 April 2003, 16:17

RSY

Most definitely Sock-O. And, it's actually an acronym - S.A.K.O.

I can't, for the life of me, remember what it stands for, though.

RSY

23 April 2003, 17:00

Yukoner

WHO GIVES A SHIT!

Daryl

23 April 2003, 17:24

KMuleinAK

quote:
Originally posted by Yukoner:
WHO GIVES A SHIT!

Daryl

no shit, everyone knows who / what you are talking about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

23 April 2003, 19:30

boha

Here it goes, from the frozen north, as Churchill said, Sako is in fact the old
Suojeluskunnan Ase- ja Konepaja Osakeyhtiï¿½.
And you pronounce it just like it is spelled [Smile]

(it means something like Weapons- and Machineworks Company of the Civilguard..)

Today it is just Sako or something italian..

But in Finnish SAKO is pronounced Sa(a like in are)ko (o like in or), with the accent on the first syllable, and both syllables the same short pace, like an angry samurai would say it..

Boha (pronounced the same way) [Cool]

23 April 2003, 20:59

Gatehouse

I've always heard 'Sack- OH"

And Tikka is "Tick AHH"

Brno is "Bruno"

And Mauser is...well you know that one... [Wink]

24 April 2003, 00:32

recoiljunky

LMAO (at myself). Around here we call it "Say Koe". Long "A", long "O". After hearing all of y'all pronounce it "sock o" I realize I must truely sound like a redneck. [Smile]

24 April 2003, 01:05

JeffP

I just brought my first,an old 22.250 and it
will not be the last.Damn fine rifle is what I
call it.
Jeff

24 April 2003, 01:24

<Made in Sweden>

You guys crack me up!! I guess the same argument goes on on the other side of the world where a couple of finns are trying to figure out how to pronounce "Winchester" ( finns have a hard time speaking english since finnish has an entirely different origin in the finnish-ugrish languages as opposed to the english wich has its origin in the germanic languages)....
...from a guy thats spent some time in Finland and live in a country west of it...
...itï¿½s really pronounced
Sackoh
...with a short a and o

24 April 2003, 01:26

<Made in Sweden>

And if you want to be perfect when referring to the company just put Oy after Sako, since thats the finnish equivalent of Inc. Like this

Sako Oy

24 April 2003, 01:27

kudu56

Thanks, you guys made my day! I am still chuckliing! [Big Grin]

24 April 2003, 02:06

boha

In finnish Winchester is Vinsesteri or vinsu for short. Obvious, isnï¿½t it.

But try this for a linguistic exercise:

Say fuck-o, exchange the F for S, and there you have it:

Suck-o = SAKO; and you are proficient in finnish.

And yes, a finn using a Remington must be very drunk..

Boha [Big Grin]

24 April 2003, 02:16

<Made in Sweden>

Finns are known to handle rifles better if they are drunk!! (the finns that is)

24 April 2003, 02:26

Bob257

Sock-o is right, but not many use it. Kind of like Franchi is pronounced "Frankie" but you hear all kinds of strange ways of saying it.

Bob257

24 April 2003, 03:00

Steve Malinverni

please don't begin a new "how do you pronunce" cicle on Italian names..... I've just got up from floor where I dropped for laughing [Big Grin]

really, please, don't.....
bye

24 April 2003, 03:19

308winchester

I just say sako. And I call tikka tikka.

But then I'm a bit strange.

Johan

24 April 2003, 04:35

boha

Husqvarna in Finnish?
"Whoï¿½s-queer-nah?

You never know..

24 April 2003, 04:39

Steve Malinverni

Johan,
does tikka and sako words particular effects on you? Is it a Middle Norway characteristic? [Big Grin]

Is it dangerous?
I prefer to feel myself a little strange for a strong drink (alchoolic I mean [Big Grin]

) than for these words.

24 April 2003, 06:07

375hnh

I ride and race Husqvarna motorcycles, we solve the pronunciation problems by simply calling them "Huskies" [Big Grin]

.
Going back to the FRANCHI name, how do you correctly pronounce that? I had quite a go-round with my ex-father in law one time about that one. He was a gun dealer at the time. He pronounced it, "Fraun-KI" long I.

24 April 2003, 06:45

sakofan

After the ass chewings i have recieved for buying them....ANY WAY I PLEASE!!!! [Big Grin]

...sakofan...or whatever [Big Grin]

24 April 2003, 12:19

George Semel

You can say all you want about the Finn's Drunk or Sober, they sure know how to shoot and how to build a rifle. Ask the Russians about it.

24 April 2003, 12:37

Cold Bore

Well, being the uncivilized lout that I am, I call them SAY-koe, and if I had one, I'd mount a LEE-uh-pold scope on it. Course if SAY-koe made shotguns, I'd probably shoot sa-but slugs through it... [Razz]

24 April 2003, 18:19

Bill Leeper

I say Sako as I always have, say-ko. I am aware this is wrong but decided I don't care. Regards, Bill.

24 April 2003, 22:48

Marterius

I just got my eye on a nice Spanish sidelock shotgun, with the name of Ugartechea. Now pronounce that if you can! [Eek!]

25 April 2003, 01:24

Cold Bore

quote:
Originally posted by Bill Leeper:
I say Sako as I always have, say-ko. I am aware this is wrong but decided I don't care. Regards, Bill.

I'm with you 100% on this one Bill. [Smile]

25 April 2003, 03:27

Orion 1

quote:
Originally posted by Marterius:
I just got my eye on a nice Spanish sidelock shotgun, with the name of Ugartechea. Now pronounce that if you can!

Yo no tengo ningun problema pronunciando Ugartechea.

25 April 2003, 17:38

derf

Good grief Randy(Kudu56),get a life,go Bumble Bee hunting.lol derF

25 April 2003, 22:27

<Made in Sweden>

Jesus Christ!!! Do you really think the people of a land that kicked Russian butt in -39 would name a rifle something so ugly-sounding as Sock-o!! And the pronounciation of Sako as Sayco is at best disgusting!! I say it again and Iï¿½ll keep saying it until death....
Sah-koh!!! with a short a and an equally short o!!!

25 April 2003, 23:33

Crazy Cledus

Sack-Oh, am I right or wrong here? My M-39 Finn rework was reworked by this company.

25 April 2003, 23:56

Orion 1

quote:
Originally posted by Crazy Cledus:
Sack-Oh, am I right or wrong here? My M-39 Finn rework was reworked by this company.

You're right.

26 April 2003, 00:13

Crazy Cledus

Thanks Orion1, I thought I was the oddball here.

26 April 2003, 08:55

dan belisle

If it's an acronym, it doesn't matter how you pronounce it, it isn't like a proper name. Porsche is a good example of a named product that gets mis-pronounced a lot. You hear it pronounced "Porsh" when it should be "Por-sha" (short a), because it is a proper name, and whomever's name it is, gets to decide how to pronounce it. I've always had trouble with the english "Smythe" though. FWIW - Dan