How do you pronounce "lever action"?
Is it Leever? or is it Lever? I watched the Hickok45 video that Sir Henry posted where he says "lever". I've always said, "Leever". The dictionary says in England it is pronounced "Leever". In America, it is either lever or leever. So, which do you say?
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pron ... lish/lever
Just curious. Either way, I love the lever action... and will probably always call it a "leever" action. Habits are hard to change.
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Leever or lever?
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Leever or lever?
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RanchRoper
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Re: Leever or lever?
I say lever just cuz of the word leverage.
But if my gal was cheatin' on me I'd leever.
But if my gal was cheatin' on me I'd leever.
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Re: Leever or lever?
Or, cycle that lever...RanchRoper wrote:
But if my gal was cheatin' on me I'd leever.
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Re: Leever or lever?
In my next of the woods, it is lever.
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Re: Leever or lever?
Oh boy! 
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Re: Leever or lever?
My gun is a lever action .
But I cycle it with the leever.
But I cycle it with the leever.
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RanchRoper
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Re: Leever or lever?
Wow. Time for a cold beeverage.
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Re: Leever or lever?
I am a member of the lever club. It is springtime so I guess you could say the trees are leevers.
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Re: Leever or lever?
Although a lot of people around here say "Leever", many of us including myself, say "Lever".
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