with all the guys on here that use brno rifles i am wondering how "BRNO" is properly pronounced. i've heard "burr no" "beer no" and "bru-no". not wanting to sound like more of an illiterate than i really am, what is the correct way to say it? thanks

Good question.

Over here, we say bru-no but god knows about other countries.

A bit like SAKO - SARKO in the US, SAYKO here !!!

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Originally posted by 500N:
Good question.

Over here, we say bru-no but god knows about other countries.

A bit like SAKO - SARKO in the US, SAYKO here !!!

Never heard "SARKO", But Sock-O would be close.

'Burr-no'.

George

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I pronounce it "SEE ZEE."

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Originally posted by GeorgeS:
'Burr-no'.

George

"Burr-no" in Norway, too

M

brnoh or burno ... never bruno

Here in the US it is usually burno but I have noticed the English say bruno.
Not just with the guns, but the Czechoslovakian GP track was always pronounced bruno too.

Ber-nah see-zee raffel thang (SE Texas).

ok, burno it is. thanks to all.

BNagel....for some reason your version is the one that comes most natural to me i really need to hit that surfside beach fishin jetty again.

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Nice to see you posting! You are a great contributor!

Always said "Bur-no," as the Czechs do (it's their language, after all), and so was surprised to hear Canadians say "Bru-no" when first I heard them do so. But so they do.

Others:

Steyr = schtire, not stair, although stire will do
Blaser = blah-zer, not blay-zer
Sako = sock-o, not say-ko
Tikka = tee-ka, not tick-a
Thys = tiece (as in niece), not thiss
Chapuis = shah-pwee, not cha-poo-wiss
Francotte = frang-cot, not fran-cot-ee
Sauer = zour as in "sour" with a "z"
Heckler & Koch = heck-ler (like the guy pestering the bad comedian) and "coke" - but to sound German you have to sort of half swallow and then spit out the final "k" sound
SIG = well now that's complicated. The Swiss don't pronounce it as one word. They pronounce it the same way as we pronounce "IBM" by saying each letter separately, one at a time. In German, it sounds like "ess, ee, gay" - which stands for "Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft." BTW, I'm not suggesting that we English speakers should go that far, though. I just say "SIG" as a word, the way it would sound in English.

And why do so many pronounce Leupold as "lee-o-pold"? It's loo-pold.

Anyway, my two cents. But nobody much likes a language cop, so I'll stop now.

how about "lapua"?

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Originally posted by budiceale:
how about "lapua"?

That is Finnish (like Sako), and they sort of make it up as they go along (all of their names sound Polynesian to me - Jari Kurri, Teemu Selanne, Esa Tikkanen), but Lapua = lah-poo-ah.

Sorry for the hockey name references, but the Bruins swept the Flyers tonight, 4-0, in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and I'm in a hockey mood.

A Finnish friend told me Lapua is pronounced lap-wa.

English usually breaks foreign words up into short sets of consonants or vowels and don’t generally try and pronounce them in the language of origin unless of course they are catch phrase names such as “grand prix” or “coup de grace” where we do bow to the near enough correct pronunciation in the language of origin.

BRNO does become BrrNo (the r as brrrr not burrr), which sounds in English as BRUNO,

Same thing for SAKO with the ‘a’ as aaaa, so we get SAaaKO.

How the tarnation do you pronounce "Vihtavouri" ?
I'm scared to use it if I cain't say it rat.

budiceale, the beach is going to be nasty if we don't get to rainin' soon. Those poor people along the Mississippi -- look out New Orleans.

Like all other Finnish words, too: the way you spell it.

"vi" as vi in "victory"
"h" as h in "has"
"t" as t in "it"
"av" as av in "have"
"u" as o in "woman"
"o" as o in "bold"
"ri" as ri in "Rin-Tin-Tin" (strong R as in "brrrr")

Emphasis on first syllable: VIHtavuori.

Please, also note the correct spelling "Vihtavuori", not "vithavuori" nor "vihtavouri".

So, now let's all say aloud: "I have both Sako and Tikka rifles, and I load my ammunition using Lapua brass and Vihtavuori powder."

The more advanced learners may educate their friends as to the origins of the Sako name. It's an abbreviation of "Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja Osakeyhtiö".

The Sako factory, of course, is located in Riihimäki and the Tikka factory used to be in Tikkakoski near Jyväskylä.
And the Lapua factory, incidentally, is located in Lapua.

- Lars/Finland

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:

Tikka = tee-ka, not tick-a

No, the other way around: "tick-a" with the "a" as in "had".
Emphasis on first syllable: TIKka.

- Lars/Finland

Okay, Lars, you have proved that you Finns make this stuff up!

Why is "Tikka" = "tick-a"

But then "Tikkanen" = "tee-kah-nen"?

And is the emphasis always on the first syllable?

It isn't. It is "tick-a-nen".

Where the "nen" goes "ne" as in "Nelson" and the "n" is an n.
And when pronouncing the English way the're a slight "h" after the t - in Finnish there's no h, just the t.

And yes, the emphasis is always on the first syllable: TIKkanen.
Of course when pronouncing you don't "split" the syllables. It all comes out as one fluent word.

- Lars/Finland

Okay, thanks.

Iunderstandperfectlynow.

Ok how about Mannlicher?

I've always heard it man licker, but maybe mahn litcher?

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Originally posted by craigster:
I've always heard it man licker, but maybe mahn litcher?

I say manlicker like most but not sure it is correct.

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Originally posted by budiceale:
with all the guys on here that use brno rifles i am wondering how "BRNO" is properly pronounced. i've heard "burr no" "beer no" and "bru-no". not wanting to sound like more of an illiterate than i really am, what is the correct way to say it? thanks

how about B R N O ?

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Originally posted by Dan416:
I pronounce it "SEE ZEE."

Go a few miles north and you'll hear it "See Zed."

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Easy guide to firearms pronunciation:

SAKO = What you put-oh on your foot-oh before you stick it in your shoe-oh.

MANNLICHER = What a lesbian is not.

BLASER = What a Japanese woman wears under her blouse.

VIHTAVOURI = The way Sylvester Stallone says "Without worry"

According to the Fin's on TV this AM (on Canada In The Rough, on location at the Sako factory in Finland), it sounded to me like they were pronouncing it "Sack-o".

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Originally posted by Grenadier:
Easy guide to firearms pronunciation:

VIHTAVOURI = The way Sylvester Stallone says "Without worry"

That's about the best pronunciation guide I've ever heard...

- Lars/Finland

BNagel,

Have spent much time with Brits and colonials and believe Steve is right: "Kynoch" is kai'-nock and "Eley" is ee'-lee. Both accent the first syllable.

Regards, Tim Carney

pichon 1 said:
To say it like the Brits you need to put a plum in your mouth first. Wink

Andrew McLaren said:

A sour plum, that should be. Big Grin

Or a quite hot small potato! Big Grin

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previous inquiry about Eley Kynoch

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Originally posted by Canuck:
According to the Fin's on TV this AM (on Canada In The Rough, on location at the Sako factory in Finland), it sounded to me like they were pronouncing it "Sack-o".

Those were hillbilly Fins from the mountains...

My dad's parents emigrated here from Czechosovakia. He speaks the language fluently. I asked him today and he said it is pronounced
"bearrrr (rolling the R's like spanish or how the Scots speak) no.

This is beginning to remind me of an old Three Stooges routine.

(And I know I'm guiltier of that trend than the next guy!)

The Stooges were pretending to be radio announcers selling a made-up abrasive cleaner called "Gritto."

Moe, close to the microphone, says with a grimace to his invisible female radio soap opera audience, "And remember ladies, "Gritto" spelled sideways is "Ottrrrgrrr!"

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Originally posted by budiceale:
with all the guys on here that use brno rifles i am wondering how "BRNO" is properly pronounced. i've heard "burr no" "beer no" and "bru-no". not wanting to sound like more of an illiterate than i really am, what is the correct way to say it? thanks

You are the first Texan that I know of that ever asked how to pronounce something. I believe it is said like: "Burn No" but in Texas, anything is acceptable. How do you pronounce the Texas city and county: "Refugio"?

ruh few hee oh

Rufugio
=
Reh-fure-ee-oh

Since we've moved to Texas names, let's let our northern brothers take a stab at Mexia, Texas.

Once, when I was younger and living in Austin, I saw Carroll bur-NETTE in a cor-VETTE driving on BURN-it Road.