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We don't have that problem here in Worshington.
I saw a movie where only the military and the police had guns. It was called Schindler's List.
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According to my friend John Bianchi, cop and holster-maker, it's bee-YANK-ee. Years ago, his ads said so, too.
"Good enough" isn't.
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We don't have that problem here in Worshington. Heard a child call it "Washingmaton."
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Quiz: Does anyone know the name for the projectile inside the sabot? Would anyone care to take a stab at "Ceska Zbrojovka?" 
Our God reigns.
Harrumph!!!
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have we talked "coues deer"?
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Is the first (and only  ) G in Garand hard or soft? I have heard it "Guh-rand", like the first "g" in garage, but have also heard it pronounced "Juh-rand", like the second "g" in garage.
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Jim, I've always wondered about the whole pronunciation of Garand, but I'm pretty sure the second g is silent.
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sooo, are people from Iowa called Iwegions or Iwonians?????
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Ya got me. Post modified accordingly.
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
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Hawkeyes!  Sorry, 5sdad.
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I believe Garand has a hard "G", and rhyms with Karen with a d on the end. "I will take my Garand on an errand". So I have been told.
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Maybe we could all agree to just call it an M-1. Em-wun Even though there are other M-1's around, but no one seems to have trouble pronouncing car-bean. Or is it car-bign rhymes with sign? 
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Quiz: Does anyone know the name for the projectile inside the sabot? Would anyone care to take a stab at "Ceska Zbrojovka?" No takers?
Our God reigns.
Harrumph!!!
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Hawkeyes! Sorry, 5sdad. Historically, it has been the lot of oppressed minorities, stripped of their identity, to patiently and quietly marshal their forces, waiting for the day when they rise up and strike down those who would rule over them. (I could go on, but I had to use up the last comma in the house on this final note.)
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I've always understood that drinkable (potable) water was properly pronounced PO-ta-bul, but I frequently hear it pronounced POT-a-bul.
Likewise, I've always understood that an�sthetics applied to the surface of the skin (topical an�sthetics) were TOH-pee-cul an�sthetics, but I frequently hear it pronounced TOP-ee-cul.
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Quiz: Does anyone know the name for the projectile inside the sabot? Just being kinda' silly here, but since sabot is French(I believe) for shoe, would that make the projectile the foot? Would anyone care to take a stab at "Ceska Zbrojovka?" Nope, I just call mine Cee Zee's.
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I've always understood that drinkable (potable) water was properly pronounced PO-ta-bul, but I frequently hear it pronounced POT-a-bul. We take a PO-ta-bul power generator to the lake.
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We take a PO-ta-bul power generator to the lake. Cranbrook must be in southern BC!
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Quiz: Does anyone know the name for the projectile inside the sabot? Would anyone care to take a stab at "Ceska Zbrojovka?" No takers? Sounds like ch-ESK-uh Zah-BROY-v-ka. Which I've always pronounced it similar, but with an 'S' instead of a 'CH' sound at the beginning.
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Hawkeyes! Sorry, 5sdad. Historically, it has been the lot of oppressed minorities, stripped of their identity, to patiently and quietly marshal their forces, waiting for the day when they rise up and strike down those who would rule over them. (I could go on, but I had to use up the last comma in the house on this final note.) you, sir Cyclone, have a good sense of humor!! I apologize for you "fur-en-urs"; this is an "inside Iowegian joke".
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