Brand Pronounciations???

[jeffbayne]

Just curious, how do you guys pronounce the names of saws and related items:

Stihl: "Steel". prolly the most commonly mispronounced. The Stihl site FAQ's lists it as steel. This means many of the puns on the name are incorrect. Like, "I stihl think I know the most about saws." A correct pun would be: "Got a 660 for $200, what a stihl!

Husqvarna: its either "HUSK-uh-VAR-nuh" or "husk-VAR-nuh". Which do you use? 4 syllables or three?

Jonsered: who knows... "JOHNS-ur-red" or "JONES-ur-red".

Shindaiwa: "shin-DYE-uh-wuh", maybe "SHIN-duh-why"??

Tanaka: "TAN-uh-kuh" or "tuh-NAK-uh"?

What am I missing?

jeff

 

[jeffbayne]

Poulan: "POO-lan" or "POO-lahn" or "PO-lan"

McCulloch: "Muh-CULL-uck" or "Muh-CULL-oh"

Homelite: "HOME-lite" or "HOME-uh-lite"

 

[homelitejim]

Jonsered=John sir ed
I use Husqvarna with the 4 syllables
Poulan=Pool an
Every thing else seems right.

 

[husky455rancher]

Jonsered=John sir ed
I use Husqvarna with the 4 syllables
Poulan=Pool an
Every thing else seems right.

i agree sir!

 

[Jacob J.]

A Finnish tanker captain who used to come in our shop pronounced Husqvarna as:

Hoooosk-eh-varn-ä

and he'd do a little dance while he was saying it.

 

[stihl waters]

Here it's usually Still,Hus-ka-varna,Jon-sa-red or Jon-sir-red,Doll- mar,Poe-lan or Poo-lan.

 

[jeffbayne]

"DOLL-mar"? hmm, I would have said "DOLE-mar"

 

[hoss]

Mcculloch=Muh-cuh-luh for me.

 

[3000 FPS]

Shindiawa= Shin-dye-wuh

Tanaka= Tuh-nah-kuh

 

[plumbcrazyjr]

poulan = green-husk-varna hahahahahaha sorry about that :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[KenJax Tree]

Actually i think the REAL way to say Jonsered is YAWN-sir-ed i think in origination the "j" is pronounced as a "y".

Stihl=steel

Husky= husk-uh-varna

Poulan =pullin because you gotta keep pullin and pullin and pullin to get it to start.

Dolmar=dole-mar

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

Actually i think the REAL way to say Jonsered is YAWN-sir-ed i think in origination the "j" is pronounced as a "y".

Stihl=steel

Husky= husk-uh-varna

Poulan =pullin because you gotta keep pullin and pullin and pullin to get it to start.

Dolmar=dole-mar

You know.....I never thought about that! I used to sell Jøtul wood stoves.....People had some interesting pronunciations for them too!

 

[kgip2k]

Alpina= Al-pee-na

 

[Tzed250]

I took my GOL classes from Soren Ericksson. His pronunciations were:

Shteel

Hooskwahrna

Yohnsuhret

Notice the Swede used three syllables in his pronunciation.

 

[greendohn]

I took my GOL classes from Soren Ericksson. His pronunciations were:

Shteel

Hooskwahrna (the Sweede i know says the same)dohn

Yohnsuhret (i'd say closest yet)dohn

Notice the Swede used three syllables in his pronunciation.

Where's our over seas brethren ?

 

[russhd1997]

Where's our over seas brethren ?

I'm sure he will be along shortly.

 

[russhd1997]

For me it's;

Stihl = Steel or Steal

Husqvarna = Husk var na

Poulan = Pool an even though their advertising says Pole an, Like Poland minus the D

Dolmar = Dole mar

Jonsered(s) = John sir ed(s)

Tanaka = Ten ah ka

Shindaiwa = Shin die wah

 

[Rockland Farm]

Husqvarna = Husky
Jonsered = J-Red
Stihl = Steel
It just saves me the embarrassment of butchering them .

 

[flyboy553]

My old timer neighbor has

A Johns-reeds

and a Muck-Uh-Luck

Ted

 

[SkippyKtm]

This is the way I taught myself to say them:

Husqvarna - Husk var na

Stihl - Steel/Steal

Dolmar - Dole mar

Jonsered - Yawn sir ed