HOW DO YOU SPELL "Rickenbacker"?

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Post by jingle_jangle »

Quite practical, John. A workmanlike approach.

Now will someone please talk to Berger???
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What's so wrong with Ricky? To me it sounds "british"... "Got a new Ricky, 'ey?"

It's nothing wrong giving a nickname to something you love?

Gibson enthusiasts say "Gibbo", don't they?
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With all these confusing and contradictory approaches to pronouncing or spelling Rickenbacker, I am tempted to ask "How Do You Spell Relief"?

Naturally, it is: R-O-L-A-I-D-S Image

n’est pas?
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a (Ricken)rose by any other name...
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NO Way!!
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Post by sir_andrew_of_left_coast »

I've seen folks accidently forget the "k" and spell it: Ricenbacker.

Which I think is an appropriate monicker for those Asian copies. (Tokai et al.)
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Post by sowhat »

Not meaning any offence, just want to ask: what's the actual point of this thread? Is it simply to show differences or, perhaps (hope not), to force everybody to always write the same way, with all other variants ("Ric", "Ricky") being "prohibited"?..
Mean, sooner or later, every community develops their own argot which is understood by the members of that community but may be hard to understand for others and which they use while talking to each other. But it's developing naturally, at least from all i know. "Forcing" - or just saying "you should spell it this way and the other way is wrong", - not sure if it works, or at least i don't know of any situation when it worked, and sometimes it's exactly vice versa...
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Post by gregga41 »

Ric, Rick, Ricky.....whatever!!

I call my 2 Rickenbackers......."MINE".
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V-I-A-G-R-A Image

HEY, there's a COY suggestion for 2008, VIAGRA BLUE! LoL...

Sorry, I'm going to leave now......oh man, I could go on forever on this topic! LOTS of possibilities for laughs.
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Well said, Sheena.

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Post by melibreits »

I usually call 'em "Rics" myself.... I think "Rick" looks more like a nickname for Richard, and I think of "RIC" as the corporation....

As far as misspellings go, how about this gaming token from the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas? "RICKENBACER!"

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Post by sir_andrew_of_left_coast »

Rickenbacer? D'oh!

Hmm... is that someone who plays a 4001? (Rick-en-BASS-er) ;-)
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haaa- pretty funny. Hard Rock does it again.... I remember Mr Hall talking about some Hard Rock displaying a "Lennon" guitar that was manufactured after John died.
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"Rickenbacer"? Man, that's disgraceful.

Hey Tony,
"Viagra Blue"? HAHA! That's a good one. I assume any guitar or bass sporting that finish will require no truss-rods on it...Image
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