[ShipWreck]

Okay - here it is... The question of truth!!!



Do you say carbine (Car-BEAN) or carbine (Car-bIne)????? :lol: :lol:

 

[Esteves]

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[ShipWreck]

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[wlcohen]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?carbin01.wav=carbine

 

[Casp]

I've always preferred "car-bIne".

 

[SuA]

karabijn.

damn noobs...

but ok, carbIne in english. :?

 

[McLovin]

I've noticed the UK guys pronounce it CAR-BINE and most ameicans pronounce it CAR-BEAN.

 

[RiverRat]

I've noticed the UK guys pronounce it CAR-BINE and most ameicans pronounce it CAR-BEAN.

Comes from the old french word "carabine" which meant "soldier with a musket." English probably say it different from the French because they hate them. Plus the English probably think "car-bIne" sounds a little more high class.

 

[M1P90]

Well the I is followed by an E so that would have to make the I sound like eye and not ih or eh or ee. But I now gun folks pronounce it anyway they want to. :lol:

 

[RiverRat]

Well the I is followed by an E so that would have to make the I sound like eye and not ih or eh or ee. But I now gun folks pronounce it anyway they want to. :lol:

Most of the time true, but when it comes to words with foreign roots the rules of the english language sometimes fly out the window.

 

[AGG]

Either pronunciation is correct. :?
I pronounce it, "carbine". :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Tony

 

[ShipWreck]

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