So I was recently talking to a fr- Wait, no, you don't care why the question came up.

The word "Carbine," (essentially, a 'short'-barreled rifle) for all intents and purposes, has two or more methods of pronunciation.

So do the words "Sabot" (sharp metal thing shot from guns) and "Flechette" (Much the same concept as the sabot).

So my question to you, THE READER, is this : How do you pronounce the stated words?

Described, phonetically: I've heard "carbine" pronounced both as "car-byn[/i]" or "car-bine[/i]," and as "car- bean[/i]" (not to mention some very strange method with the stress being on the first sylliable, which I promptly discarded).For "sabot," the things I hear are :
- "sah-bot"
- "say-bot"
- "say-bow"
- "sah-bow"The word "flechette" has been pronounced as :
- "flu-shet"
- "flah-shet"
- "flay-shet"
(not to mention the second syllable has been done as "-shet," or as "-chet," which I THINK is actually incorrect.)

I usually hear them like this.

Carbine: kär-bīn

Sabot: sä-bō

Flechette: flë-shët

I guess it depends on the local dialect. They're all loan words, anyways, so their pronunciations are up in the air to begin with.

'car-byne' (minimal stress on the second syllable)
'sah[/b]-bow'
'fleh-shet'(I'm in England, for reference.)

ker-been
sah-bow
fley-shet

When pronouncing them, remember that they're all French words.

car-bine (bine as in binder)
sah-boe (sah as in saturday)
fluh-shet

tony311 said:
car-bine (bine as in binder)
sah-boe (sah as in saturday)
fluh-shet

These.

cahr-bIne
sah-bot
flah-chet-tay (like machete)

EDIT:

My mistake, I pronounce sabot as sai-bow...like tai-bo

kar-been
saah-bot
flea-chette.

I think. That's how I do it.

mosh_grizzly said:
flah-chet-tay (like machete)

Good to see that I'm not the only one who does that.