Just curious:

[Pete Wass]

What is the correct way to pronounce the word ogive, as some say? Is it the way it's spelled' 0-gi-ve or o-jive? It's the little things in life that matter most

 

[John Kielly]

Give up & call it the pointy end.

I'm forever fumbling in conversations when one guy pronounces it one way & the next the other. Wiki says Ojive, but what would they know?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogive

 

[goodgrouper]

It is pronounced "o-jive".

 

[Pete Wass]

Why?

It is pronounced "o-jive".

Why can't we pronounce words the way they are spelled and vise versa?

 

[Jan]

Shirley,

It is pronounced "o-jive".

...you're jiving us?

 

[Woody]

english

Why can't we pronounce words the way they are spelled and vise versa?

Because english sucks. We should all be speaking C++ or maybe Java for the trendy among us. Then most things would be nice and regular.

 

[Pete Wass]

Ah, No Wonder!

Give up & call it the pointy end.

I'm forever fumbling in conversations when one guy pronounces it one way & the next the other. Wiki says Ojive, but what would they know?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogive

The French influence

 

[Dick Grosbier]

Well I for one have learned something tonight.
I have had it wrong for years.

Dick

 

[goodgrouper]

...you're jiving us?

Ha! I get it. Good one.

While we're at it, let's clear up some others. A little stream is called a creek, not a "crick" and cars have wheels not "wills". What else?

 

[andre3k]

How about Vihtavuori and Lapua?

 

[John Kielly]

... and a large perambulating Australian bird is an "em-ewe" not an "e-moo", but who cares because they're too bloody big to fit into the average domestic oven.

 

[Chisolm]

Ha! I get it. Good one.

While we're at it, let's clear up some others. A little stream is called a creek, not a "crick" and cars have wheels not "wills". What else?

Naw a floor creeks.

Mauser is Mouser like a good cat.

Sako is Sǒkō not Sākō.

 

[pbike]

Ojive Smojive,

Who cares about Ojive... How about Reticule or Reticle? Does Premier have it wrong?

Paul

 

[Pete Wass]

I looked that one up a while ago

Ojive Smojive,

Who cares about Ojive... How about Reticule or Reticle? Does Premier have it wrong?

Paul

both spellings are accepted.

 

[Pete Wass]

lapua you say - -

lap-wa is what I have sometimes heard from across the pond and a dealer I use to buy some "Exotic" for the times from. I have not heard the Euporean pronounciation of Viht

 

[Vern]

3 more for you

Pro is a Latin preposition meaning for. It is the opposite of contra, which is very frequently abbreviated to con, another preposition.
Contra is a Latin preposition meaning "against". It is very frequently abbreviated to con

Progress is a forward movement

A N D

we wonder why its called the US CONgress


Sch is most often pronounced sh like a shilling
so then school should be pronounced shool
but our esteemed educators decided it would be pronounced skool


Hot water heater?????
who needs to heat hot water?

 

[savet06]

Loopold or Lee-u-pold.

 

[matt_gu3]

My Dad always pronounced Wash as Warsh. We always wondered where he got the R from. Then we realized that he pronounced Orange as Oinge. Now we know where he got the R.

Matt Guthrie

 

[Dick Grosbier]

Ojive Smojive,

Who cares about Ojive... How about Reticule or Reticle? Does Premier have it wrong?

Paul

Reticle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A reticle is a net of fine lines or fibers in the eyepiece of a sighting device, such as a telescope, a telescopic sight, a microscope, or the screen of an ...

Also Wilkipedia
2.reticule - a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
graticule, reticle

 

[wolf gray]

I was talking to the Leupold factory a few years ago and asked the correct way to say Leupold and they told me "loopold" I hear leopold all the time. They ain't no leo in Leupold. I know, I flunk English for today!

Best,
Dan Batko

"Where are we going and why am I in this basket?"