Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I cringe everytime I hear someone call one of those British cars a "Jag-wire"

eric_b wrote:I cringe everytime I hear someone call one of those British cars a "Jag-wire"

no kidding! It's "JAG-YOU-ARE" and the advertising goes pretty far to make that distinction clear.

eric_b wrote:I cringe everytime I hear someone call one of those British cars a "Jag-wire"

I just bought one a couple of months back...the salesman called it--you guessed it--a "Jag-Wire".
And, yes, I did cringe.

Everybody knows that it's properly pronounced "Jag-you-are".

collin wrote:

kennyhowes wrote:You'd be surprised how much my last name has customarily been screwed up, especially by the press. Howe, Howell, you name it.

Ooh...oooooh. "The press," he says.

You want some caviar and Cristal, Kenny?

Hush, Colon.

scotty wrote:Your surname still gets me all the time Paul! mind you some folks get given real Szyt names.For example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider_Strong

Scotty must have asked me how Paul's surname is pronounced at least a dozen times while I was in Glasgow. He got close a few times but that was when he had a few pints in the bank!!

I did too.Still never got it.

"Never trust a guy with two first names."

As I told this to an engineer at work on my first meeting (his last name was Ray), I could see he was starting to boil. Then he read my name on my ID badge and just cracked up.

kennyhowes wrote:

collin wrote:

kennyhowes wrote:You'd be surprised how much my last name has customarily been screwed up, especially by the press. Howe, Howell, you name it.

Ooh...oooooh. "The press," he says.

You want some caviar and Cristal, Kenny?

Hush, Colin.

wayang wrote:

iamthebassman wrote:Just wanted to be different I guess.

Don't worry, Ronn...you've succeeded! (...and not just because of that 'silent n'...)

It's the other "n" that is silent. Hey there's a new thread. Which "n" in Ronn's name is silent?

rikk wrote:Anybody want a shot at pronouncing my last name? I've heard it all.

Desgrebacker...right?

simer4001 wrote:

rikk wrote:Anybody want a shot at pronouncing my last name? I've heard it all.

Desgrebacker...right?

hahaha

collin wrote:Try having a name that is one syllable off from "colon"

Just awesome, thanks parents.

Like I've never heard that in my life, ever.

Plus people adding another "e" to my last name, pronouncing it "WhitE-ley" (like the tone/color). Colon Whiteley......

I should just change my name to Max Power or something.

I hear ya-Snow-how hard is that to spell and pronounce? Sheesh, all my life-"how do you spell that?" What are thinking? Does a "gh" lurk there somewhere? and oh, the jokes-"where are your *dwarves*"(I told 'em), like they just invented that. But wait-there's more

When I was in basic training in the Army, the guy after me had the last name of White. So, at every roll call-Slater-Smith-Snow-White---SnowWhite!!? You gotta be bleepety kidding me?!!(Well, that was one of the nicest things they would say)
"No Drill Sergeant, those are our names" at least 7 times a day, always with a sea of laughter. One of my best days in the Army was when that kid went mental and acted like he was fishing in the latrine-casting out a line and reeling it in-singing "you picked a fine time to leave me Lucille" by Kenny Rogers. My last memory of him was them dragging him off with him yelling "Daddy, I got a big one!"Yeah, caught a whopper alright! Poor guy lasted about 5 days. I wish him well.

Just when I thought I'd heard it all, some band out of my hometown of Los Angeles, California, named their band Mike Snow . They just got in to Rolling Stone Magazine, and didn't even have the courtesy to call Oh well, what can ya do, and what's next? Egadz!


*Paul A. can we still say Dwarves?

I've actually tired of trying to correct people's pronunciation of Rickenbacker and simply refer to my bass as a "Ric".

JakeK wrote:... Robert said, "John Hall must be saying it wrong in that case".

Yikes! Never argue with that guy - he obviously is always right!

I have humbuckers on my Rickenbacker and I play it wearing knickerbockers while the wife bickers and watches "Becker".

Work that out!!!