Carbine pronunciation

View · by **Scratch** on Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:49 am

CARBINE
How do YOU pronounce it? I've heard it both ways, I don't think either is wrong, just thought I'd do a quick poll about it because it's Sunday.

View · by **yukonjasper** on Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:31 am

INSURANCE is another word that seems to have a pronunciation difference based on your geography.

View · by **smurfman** on Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:00 am

I pronounce it both ways depending on which way the speaker is using. If the speaker uses "car-bean", I use the other and vice versa. If I feel like being particularly difficult, I pronounce it "carbin" like I have heard some say it.

If I am talking to my wife its, "grab me that short gun, dear."

View · by **Seismic Sam** on Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:50 am

Car-bean

BTW, just got in from the Carib-Bean an hour ago...

View · by **Holland&Holland** on Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:26 am

View · by **selurcspi** on Sun Mar 20, 2016 1:05 pm

Seismic Sam wrote:Car-bean

BTW, just got in from the Carib-Bean an hour ago...

The Caribbean's pronounce it Caribbee-an Sam, Carib been is a funny lazy American pronunciation.

View · by **Erud** on Sun Mar 20, 2016 1:50 pm

I go with "carbon-ay" and insist that it's a French word.

View · by **Scratch** on Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:40 pm

Erud wrote:I go with "carbon-ay" and insist that it's a French word.

Ooooooohhh... Fancy!

View · by **Squib Joe** on Mon Mar 21, 2016 10:03 am

Both are correct, although car-byne is more commonly used in Great Britain and Canada and car-bean in the United States

View · by **Nougat** on Mon Mar 21, 2016 5:51 pm

never heard it before thought it would be like: car-buyn

View · by **Ghost** on Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:07 pm

Erud wrote:I go with "carbon-ay" and insist that it's a French word.

Like ritard?