Is it pronounced

Say-co, Sock-o, or Sack-o

I believe it is pronounced Sock-O, but I call it Say-Co. Always have, always will.

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Originally posted by Westpac:
I believe it is pronounced Sock-O, but I call it Say-Co. Always have, always will.

Yep, what Westpac said.

Hell, I call it a Say-co too.

For the Record- A friend of mine is an Alaska State Trooper, born and raised just outside of Helsinki, Finland. I asked her one day what was the correct pronunciation of "SAKO". Her answer was "Sock-O".

Yes, Westpac pointed that out. I think they meant they ain't changin they're ways.

You are all way off.



look lower



it is pronounced "Beretta".

The rules are simple:

North of the Mason Dixon Line it is Sock-O.

South of the Mason Dixon Line it is Say-Ko.

Here in Finland we pronounce SAKO like "SUCK-O" where "o" is very very short. The "a" is same as in word "Mauser".

SAY-KO is a watch, made in Japan.
Sock-o is a firearm, made in Finland.
Suck-o is what I'd call my brother when he'd do something really, really stupid.

I was born in Finland and live here so maybe I know how to pronounce SAKO

Try first to pronounce "Mauser" and then SAKO with same "a". It is little same as "i" in iron.

Being Finnish myself, but having lived in the US, I´d say Sock-O comes the closest to the correct pronounciation. Suck-O just doesn´t have the correct "a".

In South Africa we'd say SAH-KO

Who cares what you call them as long as you use them !. Swedes pronounce it like Sah-Ko also right or wrong .

Shoot Straight Know Your Target . ...

This dilemma is a lot like the problem with the name Leupold. Properly pronounced Lew-pold; not lee-o-pold. Funny thing is, I always say Say-co, but never say Lee-o-pold...guess I'm just weird.

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Originally posted by igorrock:
I was born in Finland and live here so maybe I know how to pronounce SAKO

Try first to pronounce "Mauser" and then SAKO with same "a". It is little same as "i" in iron.

But isn't Mauser pronounced Mawser as in hawser........ Shit, I might have to replace all my rifles with Tikkas, at least there's no argument how that's pronounced - or is there....

having spent a lot of time with finn's, I can tell you that how a finn pronounces the "au" as in mauser, and in sauna, is different than how others pronounce.

It is like sauna in finnish has three syllables.

No matter how you spell it.

Jamie poika

They say tomoto - We say tomato
They say pototo - we say potato
They say Soko - we say Sako

I own about 11 different rifles that have the
Sako label. I know the correct pronunciation is "Sah-ko, but being an un-reconstructed southern red-neck cracker, I just can't resist calling them Say-kos.
GWB.

I can only afford the generic Sako called Tikka. Is it Tee-ka or Tick-a? Merg

It's almost tick-a with double k in pronounciation and without h in it.

It's not quite sock-o, it's a little closer to "saw-ko". Except around here where it's pronounced say-ko.