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olderthansome KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 131 Location: Michigan Joined: Mar 10^th, 2013 Gender:	Re:Not Magazine Rifle May 4^th, 2018 at 1:53pm	Print Post
	Knute1 wrote on May 4^th, 2018 at 12:56pm: Krag is a catchy name, isn't it? When pronounced wrong it rhymes with flag. How patriotic? 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?
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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re:Not Magazine Rifle Reply #1 - May 4^th, 2018 at 3:25pm	Print Post
	IIRC, I was once told it is closer to "Grock" than anything else.
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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re:Not Magazine Rifle Reply #2 - May 4^th, 2018 at 3:44pm	Print Post
	'Craig' is my middle name.
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Knute1 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 738 Location: Illinois Joined: Sep 10^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Reply #3 - May 11^th, 2018 at 12:36am	Print Post
	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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Knute1 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 738 Location: Illinois Joined: Sep 10^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Reply #4 - May 11^th, 2018 at 3:23am	Print Post
	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!!! (You need to *Login* to view media files and links)


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Reply #5 - May 11^th, 2018 at 6:04am	Print Post
	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.


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Knute1 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 738 Location: Illinois Joined: Sep 10^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Reply #6 - May 11^th, 2018 at 11:08am	Print Post
	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.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Re:Not Magazine Rifle Reply #7 - May 11^th, 2018 at 12:48pm	Print Post
	I am of Scottish descent. Scots dew nut rrrowl theirrrr "Rrrrrs".


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