MMM...MM good Reb...
Do they serve Venison....?
In any case, back to this pronunciation thing. I always thought either version was fine. I was under the belief that there was no such thing as a sabot, (pronounced with the T), therefore it was not wrong to use that version based on definition, only one phonetics.
However after doing a little research, the version with a hard T pronunciation is actually wrong by definition as well.
When pronounced with the standard method..((s
-b
, s
b
) here is the two defintions....
1 : a wooden shoe worn in various European countries,a shoe having a sabot strap
2 : a thrust-transmitting carrier that positions a missile in a gun barrel or launching tube and that prevents the escape of gas ahead of the missile
However when pronounced with the hard T,(
'sa-b&t)one is actually refering to the leather strap that goes on to a wooden shoe as defined above.
b (1)
: a strap across the instep in a shoe especially of the sandal type
So the moral of the story here is that not only is pronouncing the T incorrect by definition and phonetics....but the verion (Sa-BOT) is every bit as French as is the proper verion (Say-Bo)...
I still don't really care how people say it...but at least you all know the facts now..
Webster dictionary...
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/sabot
Sabot Rounds
t) A sandal or shoe having a band of leather or other material across the instep.[*]A lightweight carrier in which a projectile of a smaller caliber is centered so as to permit firing the projectile within a larger-caliber weapon. The carrier fills the bore of the weapon from which the projectile is fired; it is normally discarded a short distance from the muzzle. [/ol]
