I've always pronounced it wee-lynn
I've always pronounced it wee-lynn
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Aaron
townsend was wrong! it is way-len lol just kidding, whatever he said goes/!
An armed man in a citizen.
An unarmed man is a subject.
A disarmed man is a slave.
I always pronounced it, just like Mr Jenning's pronouces his first name.
listen at 1:50
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
Gosh, what could be more important to waste two pages on ? For the uniformed it IS WHALE-EN.
The tragic part of this thread is that people are taking this seriously. Not enough humor around here.
For the last 24 years I've just pronounced it THUMPER
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I knew some Irish Whelens that used the whale version, and the character Sperm-whale Whelen in Joseph Wambaugh's "The Choirboys" would lose some point if nobody did. The Irish can certainly handle the difference between wh and w. Confusing those things is a southern English thing. But a lot of pronunciations changed in the New World.
Disclaimer: The above is not holy writ. It is just my opinion based on my experience and knowledge. Your mileage may vary.
In his later retirement years, as his health deteriorated, the Colonel moved to St. Louis, MO to live with his daughter (1960's). He occasionally shot his rifles at the Benchrest Rifle Club of St. Louis, which was then located in the St. Louis suburb of Hazelwood, MO (near the current Cabela's store; the club later moved to expanded facilities in Wright City, MO). When he did use his last name in conversation, (rarely) he pronounced it "WHEEL-IN."
He gave away several of his rifles to local club members. A few are discussed in the book: MR. RIFLEMAN, by Bradford Angier. That book has been out of print for at least 20 years.
Colonel Whelen also participated in a few public events in St. Louis; some of which were hosted at the premier local St. Louis gun shop at that time, Goodman's For Guns (downtown). He was always willing to chat with everyone. He helped promote benchrest shooting, which was relatively new to St. Louis at that time. A true Gentleman.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |