Paul Harvey

[Bret4207]

The Swede's I dealt with pronounce it "Hoozwarna".

[barbender]

Up here in northern Minnesota, it's Husqvarna, just like it's spelled. No A in the middle. But, I have heard people pronouncing Jonsred jons-rude, I don't know where they get the U from. How about Stihl chainsaws? Everyone here pronounces  Stihl "still" like where you make bootleg. I think it's supposed to be "steel". One the really gets me is when people call Cummins engines "cummings" with a G at the end. My own father is one of these folks. It drives me nuts for some reason. Then, some folks add R's to words that don't have them, such as wash. Warsh. Or bemidji (a local town) Bermidji. I was down in Georgia last spring, opposite extremes in accents I tell you what. A lot of times I would say something to someone, a store clerk or someone like that, and they would look at me with a puzzled expression and say "Sir?"