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jeffbayne

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

Shteel

Hooskwahrna

Yohnsuhret

Notice the Swede used three syllables in his pronunciation.
 
russhd1997

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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
 
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