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How do you pronounce Unertl?

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#1 ·
You-nurtle, rhymes with "turtle"?
Haven't been this confused since Sophia gently corrected me for using the term, "partridge sights"... LOL

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#3 · (Edited)
Since the original John Unertl was German, this is possibly how he would have pronounced his name:

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https://forvo.com/word/unertl/

(I hear three syllables:

un --- rhymes with moon

et --- maybe just a hint of r in the middle

a --- sounds like 'uh' with just a hint of l at the end? . . . )

Anyhow, here in America, its "you -nertl" and that rhymes with turtle.

FWIW: John was (supposedly) a (German) sniper in WW1. :eek:

Here is an interesting post about the demise of the Unertl company:

http://looserounds.com/2018/08/02/so-what-did-happen-to-unertl-optics/

Don
 
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