|
Forum Rules | Firearms Safety | Firearms Photos | Links | Library | Lost Password | Email Changes |
Register | FAQ | Calendar | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
December 1, 2000, 01:52 AM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: October 8, 2000
Location: Cincinnati
Posts: 467
|
Stupid Question: How do you pronounce "Sako"?
Is it "sakeco" or "socko"? I was talking to a coworker about these guns and he uses the former and I use the latter pronounciation...dumb question, but I'm still curious...
ST
__________________
"Great Spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds..." -Albert Einstein Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...sounds like my bachelor party. |
December 1, 2000, 01:58 AM | #2 |
Member
Join Date: October 27, 2000
Posts: 75
|
I have herd it pronounced several ways, but belive the correct one is sack-o
__________________
Fight Crime-Shoot Back |
December 1, 2000, 02:16 AM | #3 |
Member
Join Date: August 20, 1999
Location: Southern California
Posts: 50
|
My dealer pronounces it say-ko kinda like the watches
|
December 1, 2000, 02:20 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 29, 2000
Location: Phoenix AZ
Posts: 159
|
"Sock-oh"
Or at least that's as close as I can spell after hearing a Finn say it. AFAIR it is an anagram for something like Militia Small Arms Factory. |
December 1, 2000, 02:51 AM | #5 |
Member
Join Date: October 26, 2000
Posts: 20
|
I have also heard that it is sock-o.
__________________
Aim small. Miss small. |
December 1, 2000, 10:00 AM | #6 |
Junior member
Join Date: November 7, 1999
Posts: 1,516
|
The European pronunciation would be "sock-o". The in-the-woods American, ordinary shooterperson pronunciation would be Sako, with a long "a".
Of course, we all know that Leupold is pronounced "Loop-hold", don't we??? |
December 1, 2000, 10:30 AM | #7 |
Staff in Memoriam
Join Date: November 13, 1998
Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA
Posts: 24,798
|
Gotta go along with Walter. For 30 years, I've been shootin' a Say-Ko. If I wuz talkin' to a Finn, I'd brag about my Socko.
, Art |
December 1, 2000, 11:14 AM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 28, 1999
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 3,800
|
Layne Simpson had an article a while back on proper pronunciations. Docko is correct, as is Loo-pold. Mark-X is actually Mark-Ten.
Paul B. |
December 2, 2000, 09:32 AM | #9 |
Junior Member
Join Date: November 18, 2000
Posts: 3
|
How to pronounce Sako.
Its pronounced sock-o, as in Saco Maine.
|
December 13, 2009, 12:28 AM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: December 13, 2009
Location: central Wisconsin
Posts: 2,324
|
Howdy gents. New here but I've had this question too so paid close attention to the last "Bucks of Teco-something-or-other show" and they pronounced it as "sacko" (as a sack of potatoes). Was new to me but they should be saying it right since Sako is one of their sponsors.
|
December 13, 2009, 05:25 AM | #11 |
Member
Join Date: October 29, 2009
Location: southern utah
Posts: 39
|
When my youngest son turned 16,I gave him my only sayko,a Finnbear.Watching a hunting show a few months back sponsered by Sako,they said the correct pronunciation was indeed,socko.Sometimes I wish I still had that old sayko in my collection.
|
December 13, 2009, 07:26 AM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 9, 2007
Posts: 3,101
|
Just like "Okas", only backwards
|
December 13, 2009, 07:50 AM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: December 31, 1999
Location: Middle Georgia, USA
Posts: 13,198
|
I've known the correct pronunciation is "sock-o" for years, but I've never been able to break the habit of pronouncing it "say-ko".
|
December 13, 2009, 07:54 AM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: November 17, 2004
Location: NH, USA
Posts: 812
|
Right, if we said "sock-oh" around here they'd definately think we were referring to Saco, Maine.
|
December 13, 2009, 08:42 AM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: June 10, 2005
Location: SW Florida
Posts: 2,747
|
I say sayco and could care less how it's really supposed to be pronounced.
__________________
God's creatures big and small, eat them one, eat them all. |
December 13, 2009, 08:46 AM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: November 17, 2004
Location: NH, USA
Posts: 812
|
Yeah, ditto that. I've Never heard it pronounced as "sock-oh".
|
December 13, 2009, 08:53 AM | #17 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 1, 2006
Location: Midwest
Posts: 1,067
|
I'm pretty sure if you say Sock-oh you need to have tea and scrumpets with your pinky up in the air on the tea cup.
I know that's the proper pronunciation but I can't bring myself to do it. |
December 13, 2009, 08:55 AM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: November 6, 2009
Posts: 360
|
I have owned two of them since the early 90's and I always have called them "say-ko" and at 65 I'm unlikely to change.
|
December 13, 2009, 09:06 AM | #19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: November 17, 2004
Location: NH, USA
Posts: 812
|
>>and at 65 I'm unlikely to change<<
Glad to see I'm not the only Geezer on this board! |
December 13, 2009, 09:19 AM | #20 |
Junior Member
Join Date: August 7, 2009
Posts: 8
|
If Saco, ME is Sock-oh -- Then why is Waco, TX said 'Way-ko'?
__________________
Unemployment was below 7% when Obama was elected |
December 13, 2009, 09:23 AM | #21 |
Senior Member
Join Date: November 17, 2004
Location: NH, USA
Posts: 812
|
Potato....potahto
|
December 13, 2009, 10:00 AM | #22 |
Senior Member
Join Date: September 9, 2000
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 2,194
|
Waco, TX should be pronounced Whack-o
I think the correct pronunciation of Sako is Sock-o, but I still say Say-ko because otherwise no one understands what I am talking about. |
December 13, 2009, 11:26 AM | #23 |
Senior Member
Join Date: December 14, 2004
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,694
|
I wouldn't use the pronounciation of Maine cities and towns as a guide to proper pronounciation. For example: We say that Calais is Ka-lis, not Cal-ay as they say it Europe. Madrid is not Ma-'DRID with the accent on the second syllable, it's 'Maa-drid, (short "a" sound, but accent on the first syllable.
Actually, some Mainers pronounce the City of Saco more like a short "A" sound, not as an "O" sound. I tend to pronounce Sako as Say-Ko, especially if someone else pronounces it that way first. That's probably because I've heard it pronounced that way the most. Around here, Leupold is almost always mis-pronounced LEEE-O-pold! Of course they pronounce "Realty" Road as "Re-ality Road". Don't even ask about how to pronounce some of the native american lake names. :-) |
December 13, 2009, 12:55 PM | #24 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: December 31, 1999
Location: Middle Georgia, USA
Posts: 13,198
|
Quote:
|
|
December 13, 2009, 01:15 PM | #25 | ||
Senior Member
Join Date: February 1, 2006
Location: Midwest
Posts: 1,067
|
Quote:
|
||
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|