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Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam......
Obscure words and phrases you can pronounce any way you want and you usually get a free pass from anyone that does it differently
I mix it up.paging dr. eddie coyle, second opinion needed, stat!
hey, this stuff makes the world go 'round.So other than considering the source (me ), it's really not that dumb of a question.
Ogive -
Pronounced like MaCGyver or jive turkey?
Meplat on those ranch dogs is pronounced Sssmmmaahhhaakk.Consensus seems to be "oh jive". There's a thread on THR that has some humor but no definitive answers and Google is not your friend on this one.
How 'bout meplat?
Meplat on those ranch dogs is pronounced Sssmmmaahhhaakk.
Meplat is french so ask a frenchmem.
I think they are pronounced as they're spelled.Ranch dog + Trail Boss
be careful there...just sayin'. one never knows how they'll take it.I work with some nice French ladies and will ask them about meplat.
well why in hell didn't they just spell it ojive in the first place, damn it. i love learning new things nobody cares about, makes me feel smarter.
We had a guy in our artillery unit that we nicknamed OJive......when we first dubbed him with the name we were up all night laughing about it on radio watch.