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Location: Madison, WI | Ok, guys.
With all the recent talk about people's biggest fishing pet peeves - here's mine...
People who don't know how to pronounce the word "rapala."
Do you pronounce it like...
1. Rah-PAULA
Or
2. WRAP - ala
Inquiring minds want to know...
We had to get a famous musky guide on the phone tonight to help settle this dispute, but the losing party still doesn't want to admit that he was wrong.
I'm not mentioning any names.
Thanks in advance for weighing in on this.
"Jackpot" John Schroeder
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| rap-a-la |
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| http://www.rapala.com/content/rapala-general-information/fast-facts...
the internet is a good tool to use correctly. |
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| I like that ^ |
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Location: northern indiana | I just wanna know how many drinks it takes to jumpstart a conversation like this? 
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Location: Minnesota | I've heard it go both ways but I think # 2 is more popular |
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Location: MN | The correct way is #2 as said on their site and it has been that way from the beginning. My grandpa was fishing buddies with the guy that brought rapala to the United States.
He told me a story about being heckled by some guides at a fishing dock for using such silly baits before the rapala became popular and when they came in with a boat full of fish the guides were eating their words and wanted to know where they could buy the bait. |
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Location: Madison, WI | wallydiven - 6/9/2016 12:56 AM
I just wanna know how many drinks it takes to jumpstart a conversation like this?
Surprisingly few, actually... I'm ashamed to admit. |
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Location: Madison, WI | Commercial here pronounces it as option #2, for those scoring along at home....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7wLoCkOo8 |
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Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | Another is Shimano. I've heard shi-ma-no and shi-maa-no. I use option 1. The second is heard mainly on Canadian fishing shows, especially from the B.C. area. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | KenK - 6/9/2016 7:44 AM
Another is Shimano. I've heard shi-ma-no and shi-maa-no. I use option 1. The second is heard mainly on Canadian fishing shows, especially from the B.C. area.
ask a Canadian to say "pasta" ... |
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Location: Alex or Alek? | I've heard Gamakatsu pronounced a few different ways as well.
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| So it goes:
Rapala = RAP-uh-luh
Shimano = SHIH-mah-no
Abu Garcia = A-boo GAHR-see-uh
right? (where 'ah' sounds like the 'a' in 'car', 'ih' sounds like the 'i' in 'pick', and 'uh' sounds like the 'u' in 'cup') |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | class dismissed! |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | fishhawk50 - 6/9/2016 8:32 AM
class dismissed!
Will the class on basic grammar/usage/spelling ever be dismissed ?
Sadly, no... |
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Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin | jaultman - 6/9/2016 8:21 AM
So it goes:
Rapala = RAP-uh-luh
Shimano = SHIH-mah-no
Abu Garcia = A-boo GAHR-see-uh
right? (where 'ah' sounds like the 'a' in 'car', 'ih' sounds like the 'i' in 'pick', and 'uh' sounds like the 'u' in 'cup')
Was there any question on how to pronounce Abu Garcia? |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | dfkiii - 6/9/2016 10:02 AM
fishhawk50 - 6/9/2016 8:32 AM
class dismissed!
Will the class on basic grammar/usage/spelling ever be dismissed ?
Sadly, no...
of coarse it will!  |
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| MillennialSportsman - 6/9/2016 10:42 AM
Was there any question on how to pronounce Abu Garcia?
I've heard both 'uh-BOO' and 'A-boo' |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | jaultman - 6/9/2016 11:40 AM
MillennialSportsman - 6/9/2016 10:42 AM
Was there any question on how to pronounce Abu Garcia?
I've heard both 'uh-BOO' and 'A-boo'
i've heard they have excellent customer service ... |
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Location: oswego, il | Toe-mah-toe
Toe-may-toe
The little black garbage bug eating it could care less.
Edited by ToddM 6/9/2016 1:28 PM
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| In a previous career, I spent a fair amount of time in Ireland and was invited to tour the Rapala assembly/packaging facility. While the locals had the normal Irish accent, the pronunciation was spot on (as per their web site above). And yes, they do indeed hand test/tune every bait... |
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Location: Ames, Iowa | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b2-UXlVDNI |
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