Hoppes

[Bucksnort1]

Ok, I have the $64,000 question. Someone with the definitive answer, please tell me how Hoppes is pronounced. Is it Hoppees? Is it Hoppz? Is it Hopes? Yes, that's right, I heard a dude at Cabela's pronounce is Hopes like, I have many hopes.

 

[McCarthy]

Hoppe is a German surname and it is pronounced 'Hop-pe' (double p, no long e).

Hoppe's would be 'Hop-pez'.

 

[Bucksnort1]

Thanks for the Hoppes information.

 

[Nick_C_S]

Right or wrong, I've always heard it pronounced: "Haa-peez."

 

[wogpotter]

The same as the "hops" they put in beer but with a heavier "PP" sound.

 

[the led farmer]

here ya go, straight from the horses mouth:

hoppes website video

 

[wogpotter]

Dang I've been doin' it all wrong for ever!

 

[CowTowner]

That makes more than 2 of us I'm quite sure.

 

[McCarthy]

He's saying it wrong. How do I know? Well it's a German last name. I was in Germany. Once. For a vacation. A 32 year 'vacation'. But what do I know?

 

[Nick_C_S]

I say it like Dave Andress says it in the video. Guess I'll continue to do so - out of habit, if nothing else

 

[McCarthy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

German: [ˈhɔpə]



PS: he's a libertarian theorist, should be well known under gun owners.

 

[jinxer3006]

He's saying it wrong. How do I know? Well it's a German last name.

But Hoppe's isn't a German company, so who cares how it would be pronounced in Germany?

 

[polyphemus]

Many interesting questions raised here.
But does anybody care?

 

[wogpotter]

So as "D'eath", pronounced "De-Ath" is a French name, I shouldn't call them "the Deaths"?

I'm not even going to ask about the British "Hoare"'s (pronounced "Ho-Ar-ay")!

 

[higgite]

I just call it Hoppy's. And I don't say McDonald's with a Scottish brogue. But, I do say Tah-ko Bell. Does that count?

 

[Bucksnort1]

nick_c_s and led farmer,

Nick, the led farmer has the definitive answer. I'm like you, I have pronounced it haap-eeez for ever too and I'm sticking with it. This is like asking someone from Oklahoma if the state's name is Okla - homa or Ok - lahoma.

 

[Armed_Chicagoan]

The pronunciation doesn't matter, it's that wonderful smell that does!

 

[the led farmer]

The pronunciation doesn't matter, it's that wonderful smell that does!

Haha!

 

[WIL TERRY]

The correct pronounciation of a man's name DOES matter !!
AND the man's name who invented the WWII M1 rifle is correctly pronounced:

GAIR-und

HOW do I absolutely know this as a hardcore FACT? John Garand told me so.

And so it goes...

 

[Prof Young]

I pronounce it . . .

I pronounce it "That gun cleaner stuff that stinks up the basement."

Live well be safe
Prof Young