Garand pronunciation

gravedigger

September 12, 2002 18:15

How do you pronounce Garand? is it 'GARE-uhnd' or 'guh-RAND'? Or am I way off?

-Marcus

****Happiness is a new gun.****

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  mark christian

  September 12, 2002 18:27

  It is my understanding from page 3 in Scott Duff's book that the great man himself pronounced his name as you would say the word "parent"- with a G inplace of the P. I know quite a bit about the rifles, but I'm no linguist. I wont even try to spell out how to pronounce that. I
  do know that the common Ga-rand is incorrect...although I often say it that way myself. I'm sure that Neal Myers is reading this post. Do you have any inside info on this Neal?
  
  Mark T. Christian
  
  Edited by - mark christian on 09/12/2002 22:34:42
  
  Edited by - mark christian on 09/13/2002 08:30:20

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  101AIRBORNE

  September 12, 2002 19:18

  Try saying "Grand Old Man". The way it was pronounced in
  the Pentagon during WW11.

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  jonk

  September 12, 2002 19:29

  How bout MAS? Do you pronounce it out, "maus" or say M.A.S. which is more proper? Or Moisin-Nagant? That's a hard one, I always said it wrong until recently.
  
  "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf

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  interstatepawnllc

  September 12, 2002 20:16

  Depend if u-uns iz from th south, or r-ya fum joyzee?

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  seamus

  September 13, 2002 03:43

  I think you'al have the emm-fascist on the wrong sill-aavil (emphasis on wrong syllable).

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  nmyers

  September 13, 2002 04:00

  Well, I read Poyer and Riesch's "M1 Garand 1936-1957", and the authors indicate that Mr. Garand's name was pronounced the same as "errant". I think that this is consistent with the family's French-Canadian heritage.
  
  Neal

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  JustC

  September 13, 2002 05:45

  The special on the history channel about him and his rifle pronounces it GAR like the first 3 letters of the name GARY, and then the word AND added to the end.
  
  A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.

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  Der Gebirgsjager

  September 13, 2002 06:13

  Literature I've read stated that it was "Gar" as in Gary as stated by Just C, followd by "errant" as stated by Neal, for Gerrant--like Gar-rhant. It does make one feel ignorant in a conversation when using the common "Garand" to be corrected in a subtile manner by someone using the French pronounciation. I propose that we refer to it as the M1 Rifle and/or its inventor!

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  king999

  September 13, 2002 08:02

  Mr. Garand prefers that the accent be placed on the first syllable; however the more common (if incorrect) pronounciation places the accent on the second. In any event it is one GREAT rifle!
  Have fun, be careful
  Morty

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