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Other way around for me. Being a southerner, I think "hick" when I hear it said "bock."1965 wrote:BACK always sounded kind of redneck to me for some reason. "lookey at that thur RickenBACK'ur"
On the first point, I realize we're here to discuss Rics and all things associated but I do get tired of threads which in my opinion serve no purpose or are just silly. At what point does someone say "I gotta post a thread about this!" This one just seems to be about a guy correcting another guy who mispronounced the word Rickenbacker, or am I missing something? I also like the threads(not so much on this forum but often on others) like "What color pickguard should I get?" or "Should I buy another bass?" Whatever...wayang wrote:...and I guess I'm with you, Ronn...I'm not overly passionate one way or other about this, although sometimes 'Americanization' drives me nuts. We've been at war with a country for years now, the name of which most of us (including the Prez) refuse to pronounce correctly: yet another flashback to the '60's. I'm just relieved that we seem to have reached a certain level of sophistication at this point that prevents us from pronouncing the Democratic candidate's name as though it ryhmed with 'Alabama'...iamthebassman wrote:I guess I don't get the point of/need for the original post/thread.
By the way, Ronn, I've been meaning to ask for a long time: do you pronounce the second 'n' in your name, or is it 'silent'?
Don't worry, Ronn...you've succeeded! (...and not just because of that 'silent n'...)iamthebassman wrote:Just wanted to be different I guess.
Kenny's a "Hickencracker".kennyhowes wrote:Other way around for me. Being a southerner, I think "hick" when I hear it said "bock."1965 wrote:BACK always sounded kind of redneck to me for some reason. "lookey at that thur RickenBACK'ur"
Your last post just made you Jokencracker.jingle_jangle wrote:Kenny's a "Hickencracker".kennyhowes wrote:Other way around for me. Being a southerner, I think "hick" when I hear it said "bock."1965 wrote:BACK always sounded kind of redneck to me for some reason. "lookey at that thur RickenBACK'ur"
See, as shortened name, either is technically "right," but I have always referred to them as "Rics" largely because of the company abbreviation. The "K" at the end always seemed silly to me, I don't know why...beatlefreak wrote:They would actually be "Ricks". RIC is the acronym for the the Company name, and is short for Rickenbacker International Corporation.collin wrote:I just shorten it and call them all "RICS"
"Now I'm a farmer, and I'm diggin diggin diggin diggin..............................................."JakeK wrote:
You callin' Pete Townshend a redneck?
It's also quite usefull when i get a phone call right on dinner-time. If the caller asks for Mr. Raa-HILLY, i immediately know it's a cold-call....so i just hang up!rickenbrother wrote: Greg, I was wondering why Trotty pronounced your name as "RALLY"
"It's alarming how charming it is to be a-farmingwhojamfan wrote:"Now I'm a farmer, and I'm diggin diggin diggin diggin..............................................."JakeK wrote:
You callin' Pete Townshend a redneck?
Probably somthing like: "That's me f**kin' guitar!"JakeK wrote:Since Pete calls them BACKers, it makes me wonder what Macca, Harrison and Lennon called them. I also wonder what Entwistle called them...
Isn't it "KEE-ra?"kiramdear wrote:About half of America pronounces my first name as if it's a large Egyptian city.
There are Beatle interviews around (including Harrison on our hold music, if you time it right; and Lennon, from a '70s radio interview) where they say "Backer." Like I said, I've never heard a Brit say it wrong.JakeK wrote:Since Pete calls them BACKers, it makes me wonder what Macca, Harrison and Lennon called them. I also wonder what Entwistle called them...
