Pronunciation of Sweet Caporal

[MVSNYC]

CAP-ur-AL
GOW-dee
YOU-zit

Bonus:

LA-joy

[Cardboard Junkie]

La Joe Way

[old-baseball]

Had an old-timer tell me one time that it was chap-o-ral.

[Eric72]

It sounded like CAP-uh-ral to me when I clicked the speaker icon next to the word caporal.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/caporal

Interestingly enough, caporal is a variety of tobacco. Am I the only one who didn't know that before?

Best Regards,

Eric

[Cardboard Junkie]

I didn't know that.

[MMarvelli]

Being born and raised Catholic I was taught in school the miracle of the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. A rather significant miracle and rock solid in the Top Ten of Catholic miracles. Shift forward twenty years and I have become card collector, pre-ebay, pre Net54, pre just about everything except Lipsets Vols 1-3, Larry Fritch, and card shows. So while at my first card show I approach a dealer table and ask if he has any Fatima's. I pronounce it the way I was taught in Catholic School...FAT-eh-ma. He quickly corrected me that it was pronounced Fa-TEEM-ah. Being a card show newbie I was a bit embarrassed.

I pronounced Contentnea wrong for many years as well.

I am not really sure how to correctly pronounce Breisch (Williams), or Yuenglings.

[deadballfreaK]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

CAP-ur-AL
GOW-dee
YOU-zit

Bonus:

LA-joy

I'll never forget going to this old guys table as a beginning collector. I asked to see the Nap La-JOY. He looked at me like I had two heads. Rubbed his chin and thought very deeply. Finally with utmost disdain he said "Do you perhaps mean Nop-oh-le-ahhhhh Lah-zho-way?" I was mortified.

[MVSNYC]

I actually know it's proper to say Lah-zho-way...but La-JOY is so much easier.