Ugh…. Guys… don’t call them “C”aniks…

[alx]

Had an argument today and I realized the truth appear somehow to be a public secret lol…

FFS folks, please don’t call those pistols Canik. The correct pronunciation is Janik…with bias on the “i”…

And now you know

 

[Agnotology]

news to me.

 

[Compooky]

That just makes it more confusing. Is the J pronounced like a J, H or a Y?

 

[alx]

Sorry- I should have clarified- It is pronounced like J in Jabba the Hutt

Edit: found this video:


View: https://youtu.be/lcfSZ9-iZ08?si=UfYQW9KcdpdcHoFm

 

[VTski4x4]

I just use a hard "c" and call them crap.

 

[silversquirrel]

Sounds more like "tcheneek" to my ear from that video

 

[Agnotology]

google agrees.

Weird both this guy and the bot sound french.

Google Search

I hear Jah-Neek.

 

[alx]

I just use a hard "c" and call them crap.

They are very popular and well received in USPSA. The Rival is a top notch pistol especially at the price point. I have not seen them hold up and perform any worse than the other brands….

 

[VTski4x4]

They are very popular and well received in USPSA. I have not seen them to hold up and perform any worse than the other brands….

I'm teasing- slightly. Lots of horror stories, but I have to say the TTI has a great trigger for a striker fired gun. If i had a spot for them in my rotation, I would consider them, but alas.....

 

[Fixxah]

 

[Abe Froman]

Get on over to the watch thread and try pronouncing Jaeger-LeCoutlre correctly.

 

[fencer]

I call them Turkitrons.

 

[Tartakovsky]

Get on over to the watch thread and try pronouncing Jaeger-LeCoutlre correctly.

Szhey Szher Le Cool Tuah

 

[kalash]

Paging @SJan

 

[not new guy]

Now I’m definitely not buying one and will avoid having to say that name.

 

[Tartakovsky]

Now I’m definitely not buying one and will avoid having to say that name.

I’m a watch guy and all the JLCs look metrosexual to me. Never mind the name and their ridiculous price.

 

[FalArAk]

I speak American, don't try to force any other dialect upon me.

Your account has now been reported to DOGE.

 

[milktree]

I had a Turkish student about a year ago who was determined to get a Canik as his first gun because patriotism.

He told me about the correct Turkish pronunciation. He also said it didn’t matter that much.

 

[Snora]

Whether one is more authentic to the language doesn't matter if the manufacturer is Americanizing the pronunciation it for their US market. Their own videos on Canik USA - Superior Firearms pronounce it can-ick.

 

[whacko]

Who gives a f***?

 

[Wickedcoolname]

Gun pronunciation is difficult.
Korth rhymes with court.
Walther sounds like Valter.
Sabot rhymes with saybo.
Etc.
But then again we're on a forum where half the people think yea means yeah and, a lot is one word. There's no way we're getting Canik right.

 

[paul73]

Had an argument today and I realized the truth appear somehow to be a public secret lol…

FFS folks, please don’t call those pistols Canik. The correct pronunciation is Janik…with bias on the “i”…

And now you know

so, the J is now the new C? awesomesauce.

 

[CMEBoston]

Are you a canik or a can’tick?

 

[tuna]

View: https://youtu.be/CndInjuB8bA?si=2jfXPOojL74zXPFl



Scroll to 0:56 to start if this didn’t set right

 

[MickeyD’s]

Just call it what it is

Turkish garbage

 

[whatluck]

its amazing they were able to slaughter so many Armenians with such shitty guns

 

[richc]

Have you considered upping your meds???

 

[HARRYM]

Damn....I'm in deep crap here if we get into a pronunciation contest.......

 

[G4Y4HK]

Anyone else say it like Heckler and COCK?

 

[p..]

Anyone else say it like Heckler and COCK?

Were you at my range yesterday? I haven't seen these on the ground in a while.