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M1 Garand Pronunciation


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I can't believe how many people call it the M1 Grand when it's clearly GARAND. That's how the family of John Garand says it and that's how it should be said. The weapon designer himself says that the name should rhyme with "errand". I did some research on it and several places agree it's Garand. Not Grand. Which is the right way to spell it too.

 

Here are some of the decent articles/videos I found. I just google "M1 Garand Pronunciation" and these were on the first page.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9sIvin7LD8]YouTube- How to correctly pronounce: "Garand"[/ame]

http://forum.pafoa.org/rifles-42/87196-m1-garand-pronunciation.html

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

The last paragraph on the wikipedia entry says this : Pronunciation of the name Garand is often disputed. It is pronounced variably as '[gəˈrænd] or [ˈgærənd].' While many would disagree, descendants of John Garand along with close friend Julian Hatcher generally agree it should indeed rhyme with 'errand.' The former pronunciation, however, is the more common though technically incorrect[citation needed] pronunciation. Nevertheless, the real pronunciation of the French patronymic is [garɑ~] (final nasal a).

 

Call it what you want but I'm tired of people saying it Grand and when I say it correctly they start swearing at me and saying I'm wrong. :rant:

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