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[rocinante]

I don't know how to type cyrllic but how do you pronounce that word? Is it the russian spelling of saiga? For that matter is "SAY GA" correct?

[idol8]

I don't know how to type cyrllic but how do you pronounce that word? Is it the russian spelling of saiga? For that matter is "SAY GA" correct?

I am not sure if you are asking how to pronounce сайга or CANTA.....??
Cайга or Saiga is pronouced exacly the same way both Russian and in English as "Saj Ga" ....... I am not sure what CANTA stands for but it is not a Russian word.

[Juggernaut]

Any help Max??

[tritium]

My understanding is that it is pronounced 'See-yah-guh', with a long E, from a native-speaking Russian.

[DaGroaner]

I thought it was pronounced Sigh-guh????

[SuA]

just listen to the Saiga promotion movies from Izhmash? the narator says it a couple of times.

[az_shootist]

I thought it was pronounced Sigh-guh????

+1, that's the pronunciation.

Edited by az_shootist, 16 March 2007 - 12:55 PM.

[rocinante]

I don't know how to type cyrllic but how do you pronounce that word? Is it the russian spelling of saiga? For that matter is "SAY GA" correct?

I am not sure if you are asking how to pronounce сайга or CANTA.....??
Cайга or Saiga is pronouced exacly the same way both Russian and in English as "Saj Ga" ....... I am not sure what CANTA stands for but it is not a Russian word.

Yes that is the word. I did not know how to type out the russian characters. So that is russian for saiga.

[dinzag]

From the Tech Section...Saiga Pronunciation

http://www.bartleby....7/S0021700.html

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
saiga

SYLLABICATION: sai•ga
PRONUNCIATION:  Saiga.wav   8.99K   137 downloads

NOUN: A medium-sized goat antelope (Saiga tatarica) of the plains of northern Eurasia, having a large stubby snout and in the male ridged yellowish horns.

ETYMOLOGY: Russian saiga, of Turkic origin.

Case closed!

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[MrTuffPaws]

From the Tech Section...Saiga Pronunciation

http://www.bartleby....7/S0021700.html

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
saiga

SYLLABICATION: sai•ga
PRONUNCIATION:  Saiga.wav   8.99K   137 downloads

NOUN: A medium-sized goat antelope (Saiga tatarica) of the plains of northern Eurasia, having a large stubby snout and in the male ridged yellowish horns.

ETYMOLOGY: Russian saiga, of Turkic origin.

Case closed!

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Ah, thanks much. But this sounds like say-gu to me. I'll just call it "gun" from now on.

[dinzag]

lol - yeah sounds a little robotic to me...

This will help for typing characters...
theres a translator link too.
 RussianLettering.doc   24K   17 downloads

[will36]

I don't know how to type cyrllic but how do you pronounce that word? Is it the russian spelling of saiga? For that matter is "SAY GA" correct?

I am not sure if you are asking how to pronounce сайга or CANTA.....??
Cайга or Saiga is pronouced exacly the same way both Russian and in English as "Saj Ga" ....... I am not sure what CANTA stands for but it is not a Russian word.

My 12 yo has a teacher from Russia. I was going to write all the marking down and have him ask her. I told her once I had a few Ak's and she knew where they were made. she lived close to there. Ill do it and let you know.

[khudzik]

To put a little clarification into the matter let me say first I am russian, born and raised in Russia. The word САЙГА that you see on the rifle is the russian spelling for the word. As far as the pronunciation it's almost correct in the file that Dinzag submitted with the biggest difference being the stress is on the second syllable of the word, not the first. As for the way the narrator is pronouncing that word in the you tube izhmash video, it's not the way you would say that word in russian, don't forget, he's trying to speak english after all. Hope this will clear up some confusion.

[rocinante]

From the Tech Section...Saiga Pronunciation

http://www.bartleby....7/S0021700.html

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
saiga

SYLLABICATION: sai•ga
PRONUNCIATION:  Saiga.wav   8.99K   137 downloads

NOUN: A medium-sized goat antelope (Saiga tatarica) of the plains of northern Eurasia, having a large stubby snout and in the male ridged yellowish horns.

ETYMOLOGY: Russian saiga, of Turkic origin.

Case closed!

 saiga5.jpg   125.51K   9 downloads

Ah, thanks much. But this sounds like say-gu to me. I'll just call it "gun" from now on.

Oh my god that is the perfect critter for the S12 When I first found out saiga was a kind of antelope I was thinking ibix, gazelle, prong horns. Fast delicate graceful animals. Looked at this gun and said to my self 'That just aint right'. That creature is the toughest most but ugly deer I have ever seen! IT FITS!

[Darth Saigus]

Ah, thanks much. But this sounds like say-gu to me. I'll just call it "gun" from now on.

They guy says it a couple dozen times and it's clearly "Sie-ga". Guess I'll have to stop saying Say-ga.

[Darth Saigus]

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Is it just me, or is that the fugliest animal on the face of the earth?

I think my Sie-ga is beautiful, but it's namesake is hideous!

[G O B]

It looks like tasty steaks,roasts , and sausage!

[BobAsh]

Well, at last Conju's avatar makes sense to me.

[DaGroaner]

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It looks like tasty steaks,roasts , and sausage![/quote]


Benjamin Franklin thought our national bird should be the turkey not the bald eagle using that sort of reasoning and the guy was a friggin genius.

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-- Edmund Burke.

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[-Indy-]

hmm... Roast Eagle for thanksgiving... Cause the Turkey is protected as the national bird...

Eagle, I bet, would taste just as YUMMY as Hooded Merganser SMELLS roasting in the oven...











(For those of you who DONT KNOW... Hooded Merganser is a fish eating waterfowl. My buddy roasted one ONCE... never made it to cooked... it got thrown OUTSIDE after about half an hour, cause it stunk the house up SO BAD you couldn't take the nasty fish smell!!! )