wanna bet??

[sergeant69]

theres a bottle of DEVILS CUT riding on this. how do you pronounce the word MEPLAT? me-plat or meh-plat or? plus, whoevers wrong gets to be called "dumb ***" for a week w/out crying about it. so............? kid at the local gunstore goes "huh" when was asked. figgers.

[btroj]

:shock:Who ogives a damn?

[Hamish]

Meh-play is the correct French pronunciation, but it gets pronounced correctly about as much as sabot. (say-bow, as in the letter O)

Me-plat and meh-plat, while both incorrect pronunciations, are both common lexicon.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I've always pronounced it "Me Play"

[arjacobson]

I thought it was may-plot.. Kind of like o-jive

[Cowpoke]

I believe it's meh-plah but I usually say Mehplate.

[starmac]

If you hadn't brought it up, I would have never known anybody even thought about it. lol

[DCM]

I believe Hamish is the first to answer correctly.
For personal reasons I will continue to intentionally mispronounce it though.

[Blammer]

I say "mep Lat" with the enunciation on the second syllable.

[762 shooter]

"May Plat" is the correct southern pronunciation. Nothing else matters.

762

[mozeppa]

all of youse are wrong!

pronounced "poh-tay -toe"

[Cowpoke]

all of youse are wrong!

pronounced "poh-tay -toe"


You mean Taters?:bigsmyl2:

[fouronesix]

I believe it's meh-plah but I usually say Mehplate.
I'll go with Cowpoke with the emphasis on the second syllable. meh-plah'
But I usually just say me plat

[Sweetpea]

I don't care how people say it.

But I'd take the Devil's Cut...:bigsmyl2:

[Love Life]

I call it the flat spot at the tip of the bullet head.

[Garyshome]

Just think you could be casting right now instead of wasting time with this thread!

[bubba.50]

give me a swig of that likker & i'll tell ya[smilie=l:.

[MT Gianni]

Any time you say it you have to explain it. I pronounce it " the front end".

[Blacksmith]

It is the pointy end without the point.

[MaryB]

The end that doesn't go in the brass thing...

[Hannibal]

Meh-play is the correct French pronunciation, but it gets pronounced correctly about as much as sabot. (say-bow, as in the letter O)

Me-plat and meh-plat, while both incorrect pronunciations, are both common lexicon.

I concur with the above.

[sergeant69]

:shock:Who ogives a damn?
i do, you who has an IQ of the crappy shooty things you load.
and if you had any class at all, and knew there was Devils Cut involved, you would too.

[sergeant69]

"May Plat" is the correct southern pronunciation. Nothing else matters.

762
being from the south and still breathing non liberal free air, YOU BE RIGHT!

[country gent]

Meplat is close its the end that goes splat

[Digger]

And I thought the bartender was giving me funny looks that night as I was holding on to my drink , mumbling something about "meplaht , mephhhhhlaaat .... oh , WHATEVER !!

[sergeant69]

Just think you could be casting right now instead of wasting time with this thread!
nope, fixing ta get shoulder surgery tomorrow (2 torn tendons since oct 1st) and too dam sore to do anything but take pain meds (Devils Cut) that i'm about to run out of thus the stupid bet. buddy ran out a 300 H&H so of course i had to supervise a reloading session. i admit it took me awhile to think up something we could bet on that i could win so i can replinish my pain meds supply. after reading all the diff. opinions though he refuses to pay up. HE wants to bet on how many times i can shoot his 300 w/my damaged shoulder before i cry. hes sick!

[sergeant69]

It is the pointy end without the point.
i know what it DOES dammit, but not how to say it!
HOWEVER, you got the best signature i ever read to date. my hats off to you!

[Smoke4320]

It is the pointy end without the point.

That's like buying donuts and not getting the holes..
Just WHO is selling all those points..:) :)

[btroj]

i do, you who has an IQ of the crappy shooty things you load.
and if you had any class at all, and knew there was Devils Cut involved, you would too.

I can see my pun was missed by all.

Who ogives a damn? Ogive, the taper from the meplat to the body of the bullet?

[w5pv]

As long as I don't get hit with one,call it as you think.

[sergeant69]

I can see my pun was missed by all.

Who ogives a damn? Ogive, the taper from the meplat to the body of the bullet?
you win that one!! BTW...... how do you pronounce Ogive? is the g-i-v-e pronounced as in "give me that" or as in jive? don't answer till you can come up w/another good pun.

[Hamish]

I can see my pun was missed by all.

Who ogives a damn? Ogive, the taper from the meplat to the body of the bullet?

No, no it wasn't Oh Jeeves,,,,,you oh jive turkey,,,,,,:bigsmyl2:

[sergeant69]

No, no it wasn't Oh Jeeves,,,,,you oh jive turkey,,,,,,:bigsmyl2:
ok, ur in the running!

[Plate plinker]

nope, fixing ta get shoulder surgery tomorrow (2 torn tendons since oct 1st) and too dam sore to do anything but take pain meds (Devils Cut) that i'm about to run out of thus the stupid bet. buddy ran out a 300 H&H so of course i had to supervise a reloading session. i admit it took me awhile to think up something we could bet on that i could win so i can replinish my pain meds supply. after reading all the diff. opinions though he refuses to pay up. HE wants to bet on how many times i can shoot his 300 w/my damaged shoulder before i cry. hes sick!

A good friend you must have.

[Love Life]

I don't speak jive.

[Hamish]

I don't speak jive.

You sure?

http://media.merriam-webster.com/soundc11/o/ogive001.wav

[mold maker]

OMG
We ate the last of that "jive turkey" last week, in a pie with gravy.
Turkey today and feathers tomorrow.

[sergeant69]

A good friend you must have.
around here that'd just be considered good entertainment. and of course it would have to include bar b que and beer and freeloaders. i mean witnesses. we'd make an event of it and $$$ would change hands. course since i'm not about to do it and its hunting season i guess i'm gonna have to go get my own meds resupply. but its sunday you say and those kind of stores are closed. yea right. and you can keep ur plan and ur dr. if you want. speaking of which, i need a treatment right now. like the song says, its gotta be 8AM somewhere, right?

[btroj]

I don't speak jive.


This might help


http://youtu.be/RrZlWw8Di10

[Love Life]

Don't call me Shirley.

[sergeant69]

ok, i got it. that explained it all. great clip!

[TXGunNut]

I can see my pun was missed by all.

Who ogives a damn? Ogive, the taper from the meplat to the body of the bullet?


Nope, loved it!

[TXGunNut]

For bonus points I define meplat as the smackdown delivery interface area of a boolit.

[MaryB]

Ouch! Guess what? Surgery recovery if it a rotator cuff hurts just as bad as the tear for a month! Plan on sleeping sitting up.


nope, fixing ta get shoulder surgery tomorrow (2 torn tendons since oct 1st) and too dam sore to do anything but take pain meds (Devils Cut) that i'm about to run out of thus the stupid bet. buddy ran out a 300 H&H so of course i had to supervise a reloading session. i admit it took me awhile to think up something we could bet on that i could win so i can replinish my pain meds supply. after reading all the diff. opinions though he refuses to pay up. HE wants to bet on how many times i can shoot his 300 w/my damaged shoulder before i cry. hes sick!

[Blacksmith]

i know what it DOES dammit, but not how to say it!
HOWEVER, you got the best signature i ever read to date. my hats off to you!

You are welcome to join the SGG. Just start your own local unofficial militia of like minded individuals and take the pledge. "We are too old to run, too proud to hide; we will stand our ground and take as many as we can with us!". Then get prepared to do so.

[sergeant69]

been prepared for years and are still doing so.

[dakotashooter2]

When it is written there is no need to pronounce it....................

[dakotashooter2]

When it is written there is no need to pronounce it....................

[sergeant69]

Ouch! Guess what? Surgery recovery if it a rotator cuff hurts just as bad as the tear for a month! Plan on sleeping sitting up.
yea, so far hasn't been lotta fun. two tears fixed and a bone spur scrapped out. oh well.

[MaryB]

Been there done that same shoulder twice almost exactly 1 year apart...

[sergeant69]

failed back surgery 2101, knee surgery april 2014, now this. all on right side. good thing i got two sides. hate to leave one side out of the fun.

[KAF]

may-plah French derivative

[Plate plinker]

Well Mary sometimes it does unintentionally..... Oops!

[MaryB]

First time around doc said it wasn't ton enough to need repair and all he did was put a stitch in it and then sent me back to work after 6 weeks. Never healed and finally ended with a total tear. Left side has an unrepaired 80% tear too... just part of the long list of joints that are trashed on my body :holysheep

[MtGun44]

Three cities in Mizzoora -- Versailles (pronounced ver-SAILS), New Madrid (pronounced
New MAD-rid) and Nevada (pronounced Na-VAY-da). . . . . . . expecting French pronunciation
of words imported from French into English is a vain hope.

Mee-plat. 'Merican, version.

Bill

[sergeant69]

yea, so far hasn't been lotta fun. two tears fixed and a bone spur scrapped out. oh well.
and i thought the back surgery w/the the 2 titanium rods was rough. can nap on back but sleeping? fah git a bout it. relative who went thru it said he wanted SO BAD to tell me what the recovery was gonna be like but couldn't force himself. problem is i been on pain meds for so many years for the back that they lose their effect real quick. terrible being such a wuss!

[captaint]

This turned out to be pretty entertaining. I don't speak jive either - or French. Mep-latt. Meplat. I'm laughing now.....

[GaryN]

This might help


http://youtu.be/RrZlWw8Di10

Hahahaha!!!! That show was funny.

[sergeant69]

whats even funnier is 58 replies later and we STLL don't know how to say it right w/out starting a gunfight!

[Hamish]

whats even funnier is 58 replies later and we STLL don't know how to say it right w/out starting a gunfight!

That would be incorrect. I gave the correct pronunciation in post number three. Wanna fight about it? :bigsmyl2:

[geargnasher]

Three cities in Mizzoora -- Versailles (pronounced ver-SAILS), New Madrid (pronounced
New MAD-rid) and Nevada (pronounced Na-VAY-da). . . . . . . expecting French pronunciation
of words imported from French into English is a vain hope.

Mee-plat. 'Merican, version.

Bill

Not just the French. Here's one:

"Bexar"

Another:

"Texas"

Or:

"Los Angeles".

In concurrence with a much previous person on this thread, and with no apologies, I pronounce most of the letters in French words, particularly the consonants. If they're too lazy to pronounce them, that's THEIR problem. :-D

Gear

[sergeant69]

That would be incorrect. I gave the correct pronunciation in post number three. Wanna fight about it? :bigsmyl2:
sure. before or after my meds kick in? or we could just use the i'm right and ur wrong rules. hows that?