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Offline Jonsey

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Pronouncing Carbine?
« on: October 24, 2004, 22:14:20 »
Ok, to me, it looks like it's pronounced carbine (rhymes with nine or fine). However, I was watching a Discovery Channel special on the US Navy SEALs, and one of the SEALs (didn't notice name/rank) kept pronouncing it  like car-been (or car-bean).

So, I would like to know so I don't sound like an idiot (well, a bigger one than I would like) if I ever talk to people about rifles and stuff.

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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2004, 22:18:31 »
I would love to help you but the word in not in my dictionnary..  You can take yours and look it up..  there's the phonetic of the word..  :D
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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2004, 22:19:59 »
according to dictionary.com either way works....I personally will always say CAR BYE NE..
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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2004, 22:22:31 »
The Concise Oxford, probably the most common dictionary found in CF offices, gives the pronunciation with a long "i" (phonetically "car-been").

Dictionary.com offers both pronunciations as correct, so either form is acceptable.
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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2004, 22:40:33 »
Ok, so it's a poh-tay-toh, poh-tah-toh thing.  Good to know. Thanks.
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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2004, 22:53:32 »
Quote from: Jonsey on October 24, 2004, 22:40:33
Ok, so it's a poh-tay-toh, poh-tah-toh thing.  Good to know. Thanks.

But honestly, have you ever in your life actually heard someone say poh-tah-toe or to-mah-toe?   
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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2004, 01:09:05 »
Quote from: Michael Dorosh on October 24, 2004, 22:53:32
But honestly, have you ever in your life actually heard someone say poh-tah-toe or to-mah-toe?
ahem!!!   >:(  I prounounce poh-tah-toe!!!  maybe because of my french language taking over, but that's the way I say it!!  :P

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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2004, 01:28:44 »
Thats the US way of pronouncing the word carbine. Also the word ration as in ration pack, we say 'rashion' while the US say 'rayshun' Same as saddist, they say 'saidist', we say 'sadist'.

There is tonnes of words said diferently between them and us. For the word semi, as in semi automatic, we say 'semee', they say 'semeye'.

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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2004, 01:32:29 »
And I say toh-mah-toe.... ;D
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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2004, 01:35:54 »
we're all speaking english right?

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No wonder I kant spelll
"Car-bean" is how we say it here in Orygun (Oregon)   but it does soumds like "Car-b9" too wow how I'm confused...
maybe just call it a short-arm.... opps not not that either    :blotto:
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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2004, 03:45:03 »
Also along the lines of pronouncing...Liberal or Lieberal. Sorry, I had to throw that in there =P. If it was out of line, then PT for me.
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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2004, 06:33:23 »
Medium bang stick.
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Re: Pronouncing Carbine?
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2004, 07:01:55 »
I pronounce it "Ker'bun"
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