Shit No One Cares About How do you pronounce the word "carbine"?

[ArmaLite]

I used to say it as "car-byne", but I switched to "car-bean" a few years ago for some reason. I think the latter is just easier to say. Most people into firearms tend to pronounce it that way too.

 

[HWABAG]

car-bean because in swedish it's karbin

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

In Turkish it's "karabina," but in English I'd pronounce it "carbyne" because that's the pronounce I'm used to

 

[Xiuhcoyotl]

Car-byne because it sounds unique

 

[Gemerald]

carbyne because thats the pronunciation i heard in my heckin vidya

 

[.is refugee]

Car-bin

 

[basil]

i pronounce it like carbine

 

[baqqrih]

Car-byne, albeit with a slight "bahn" sound to it.

 

[Hamas_2]

The word you should pronounce is CAR-BYNE. because "bine" is in it

 

[Sagehardt]

car-byne because I’m ESL

 

[Swede]

car-byne because I’m ESL and watched to many american movies
said it a few times and noted that I'm such an esl that I say it like cara-bin because in my ESL it's pronounced with two a's

 

[Twostripe]

Car-bean because it's easier to say and sounds better to my ear.

 

[ISTANBUL]

car-byne
sounds cooler than the alternative too

 

[DOLL (75%)]

The American military says it's car-bean but rifle is what soldiers typically say.

 

[Gem Control]

'Cayr-bih-ney'

 

[Yes]

car-bee-eye-neh

 

[Captain Coalist]

i pronounce it like combine

 

[JoelWarlock]

Carbon

 

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]

[KAR-BIN]