How is the name Lapua pronounced?

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Re: How is the name Lapua pronounced?

#11 Post by bradaz11 »

now to convert everyone you know....
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Ive actually forgotten it already. Ill have to watch the vid a few more times. lol
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#13 Post by snayperskaya »

bradaz11 wrote:now to convert everyone you know....
While you're at it convert them to pronounce Mosin Nagant properly as well........

It is actually MO-seen nah-GON :good:

And a Saiga isn't a Sega it's a sigh-GA :good:
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Lapp ooooooh ahhhhhhhhhbh :-)
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#15 Post by Ovenpaa »

Time now to start on Mauser, Sako, Blaser and Kahles :good:
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I pronounce Lapua....."bloody hell that's expensive".....
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#18 Post by bnz41 »

snayperskaya wrote:
bradaz11 wrote:now to convert everyone you know....
While you're at it convert them to pronounce Mosin Nagant properly as well........

It is actually MO-seen nah-GON :good:

And a Saiga isn't a Sega it's a sigh-GA :good:
How does one pronounce Izhevsk thats why all my Mosins were Tula lol
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#19 Post by snayperskaya »

bnz41 wrote:
snayperskaya wrote:
bradaz11 wrote:now to convert everyone you know....
While you're at it convert them to pronounce Mosin Nagant properly as well........

It is actually MO-seen nah-GON :good:

And a Saiga isn't a Sega it's a sigh-GA :good:
How does one pronounce Izhevsk thats why all my Mosins were Tula lol
The "zh" part is pronounced like "j" in deja vu so Izhevsk = ee-jevsk

In Russian the actual city of Izhevsk translates as Izhevskiy, site won't let me type it in Cyrillic :bad:
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