Pronunciation Jihad!

[Perd Hapley]

Which pronunciation sounds bestest to you, and is this a regional thing?

And what should we do with the mis-pronouncers? Be creative.

[Ben]

None of the above. Sem-eye. Sem-E is also acceptable. None of this "sim" stuff.

Freakin' Missouri. 

[Tallpine]

"glawk" 

[HeroHog]

"Auto"
"Full-Auto"
"Ba-zoo-ka"
"clay-more"
"noo-clear"
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[230RN]

Hem-ee automatic, or "half automatic." (As in hemiauto.)

Dem-ee automatic is also acceptable. (As in demiauto.)

Sim-eye automatic is a regional aberration.

With respect to the "Revolvers rule" choice, I'm beginning to use revolvolators more than slideulators for my personal defense seyedarms, though.  I usually carry them transdraw, as opposed to cisdraw.

[SADShooter]

Flatgun vs. wheelgun. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

[230RN]

Flatgun vs. wheelgun. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

Now you know His Fistfulship hates that.  Shame on you. 

[lee n. field]

Which pronunciation sounds bestest to you, and is this a regional thing?

And what should we do with the mis-pronouncers? Be creative.

Seh My.

Autoloader.

Mispronunciators?  I dunno, check English history over the last 500 years, for appropriate punishments.

[SADShooter]

Now you know His Fistfulship hates that.  Shame on you. 

I would wallow in my guilt, but the pool isn't particularly deep.

[BlueStarLizzard]

I had to think about it.

I think I sem eye when it's just semi, but I do sem E when I add 'automatic'

Maybe I just do both.

Which makes sense, because I tend to waver between accents anyway. With current events in my life as they are, I have a sinking suspicion that the Yankee/Boston/Swed mixture is going to make a strong showing in the next month or so. :(

[Angel Eyes]

"glawk" 

That's pronounced "gat".

[Ben]

I think I sem eye when it's just semi, but I do sem E when I add 'automatic'

Maybe I just do both.
 

That is what I do.

[Brad Johnson]

Simmee aughter mattick

Braf

[cambeul41]

I think I sem eye when it's just semi, but I do sem E when I add 'automatic'

Ditto.

[SADShooter]

That's pronounced "gat".

As in be"gat" of the Devil.

[zahc]

Just "pistol", as opposed to "revolver".

[Tallpine]

Just "pistol", as opposed to "revolver".

For journalists, that's "semi automatic service revolver" 

[Hawkmoon]

Defective poll -- what happened to "None of the Above"?

The pronunciation is seh'-mee automatic.

Like Liz and others, if I'm referring to the front part of an eighteen wheeler, then it's pronounced seh'-my.

[Hawkmoon]

For journalists, that's "semi automatic service revolver" 

Be careful. There's a guy in The Firing Line forum who has created a semi-automatic revolver.

[Perd Hapley]

Be careful. There's a guy in The Firing Line forum who has created a semi-automatic revolver.

   You know there exist sim-eye-automatic production revolvers, yes?

[BobR]

All of these posts and no one mentioned "bottom feeder"?

bob

[bedlamite]

Defective poll -- what happened to "None of the Above"?

It's Fistful's fault.

[K Frame]

I voted for revolvers, but you do know that NONE of those pronunciations are correct?

SEM-eye

SIM (as in simian) makes it sound as if Truman Capote has taken up the shooting sports.

[K Frame]

Aw hell, Ben beat me to it right out of the chute...

Hum...

Chute...

Shut, or shoot?

[Devonai]

Within the context of handguns, "auto" implies semi-auto to me. If I happen to be talking about a Beretta 93R or a Glock 18, I'll qualify my terms.

I'm reminded of a scene from The Adventures of Tintin, The Black Island, where Tintin gets the jump on two bad guys and gets a pistol from one. He ties them up, and one remembers his pistol isn't loaded. They start yelling for help,  so Tintin cold-cocks both of them unconscious, quipping "there's more than one way to use an automatic." Great lesson for the six year old Devonai.