You Say Bocker, I Say Backer

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:16 pm

I think I'll just pronounce it "Bob!"

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:18 pm

All I know is if you call Rickenbacker hdqtrs., the person will answer, "Good Morning/afternoon, RickenBACKer".Good enough for me.Then again,quoting from McGuinn[quoting Dylan, and taking poetic licence here]on Cardiff Rose, the song "Up To Me", at the end, Roger sings,"and the RickenBOCKer 'round my neck"....go figure...

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 5:37 am

That's hilarious Don! He should know better!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:29 am

I have a friend here in Lima from Scotland and he pronounces Bob entirely different than I do, LOL very very quickly almost like there is no O in it, he kind of spits the word out.

rob · Post by **rob** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:53 am

At least he doesn't call you boob. LOL!!!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:13 am

No it's more like: Bub, and that's his name also, LOL

jblakey · Post by **jblakey** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:44 pm

THIS however is a RickenBAKER... http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/mccorp/chalmers.html

rob · Post by **rob** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:40 pm

I wonder how long it took to do the checkerboard binding.

rick_lover · Post by **rick_lover** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:42 am

Seems noone German here, right?
I am german and I had a good laugh while reading this threat!

RickenBACHER is pronounced RICK-EN-BACHER with the ch like in Loch Ness and the a like in Bach.

I pronounce Rickenbacker with an open a like bock.

Hope it helps

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:50 am

But, you see, Adolph Rickenbacker was not German...

ricnvolved · Post by **ricnvolved** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 11:56 am

.........but with a German name nonetheless.

rick_lover · Post by **rick_lover** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:23 pm

I think he was from Switzerland and they speak german, too. (although it sound's a bit funny for other german-speaking people)

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 6:12 pm

Since we're on the topic of different pronuciations of "Rickenbacker," here's an interesting one: This is a gaming token from the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, and it says "RICKENBACER" on it.... I wonder how they think it is pronounced? You'd think they would have researched the spelling before they cut the die for the token!

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:35 pm

Nice! Good going, Hard Rok Cafe! (sic)

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 4:00 am

They should have put a 4001 on the token instead, since it looks like they might pronounce it "Ricken-basser"....