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http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1525442024 Message started by olderthansome on May 4th, 2018 at 1:53pm |
Title: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Post by olderthansome on May 4th, 2018 at 1:53pm Knute1 wrote on May 4th, 2018 at 12:56pm:
Oh dear, we may need a new thread. How do you pronounce it? Craig, Creg, Crag….? I have an idea, but I fear to start; on a separate note, isn't flag day on June 14? |
Title: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Post by Dick Hosmer on May 4th, 2018 at 3:25pm
IIRC, I was once told it is closer to "Grock" than anything else.
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Title: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Post by butlersrangers on May 4th, 2018 at 3:44pm
'Craig' is my middle name.
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Title: Re: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Post by Knute1 on May 11th, 2018 at 12:36am
From my understanding, and I don't know where it came from anymore, but say crack with a "g" at the end instead. Not Craig with a long "a", but a short "a". It is kind of a subtle difference, that is if I know what I'm talking about.
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Title: Re: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Post by Knute1 on May 11th, 2018 at 3:23am
This tickled me a little. Try this web link for pronunciation of "Krag Jorgensen", especially the Danish and English(USA). But the Norwegian pronunciation would be the most correct. Uff da!!!
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Title: Re: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Post by butlersrangers on May 11th, 2018 at 6:04am
I don't have a good ear or tongue for this sort of thing, but,
Ole Krag kind of sounds like: Oh-lay Kruhnt on the Norwegian pronunciation site. |
Title: Re: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Post by Knute1 on May 11th, 2018 at 11:08am
The Norwegian version sounds like the "r" is rolled like it is in a lot of dialects. But the English dialect doesn't roll the "r".
Not all that close, but my Norwegian last name is Knutson, and it is pronounced ka-noot-son with emphasis on noot. Anyway, I don't believe Krag was pronounced Craig until us Americans got a hold of it and pronounce it the way it looks to us and is more natural in our language. Ole Krag still had to be proud of us Americans adopting his and Jorgensen's design, no matter how we pronounced his last name. |
Title: Re: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Post by butlersrangers on May 11th, 2018 at 12:48pm
I am of Scottish descent. Scots dew nut rrrowl theirrrr "Rrrrrs". ;D
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