You can say CarBEAN or you can say CarBYNE

by Miles , CIVITATES AMERICAE, Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 21:43 (6 days ago) @ Hoot
edited by Miles, Thursday, January 15, 2026, 04:47

I've heard carbine pronounced both ways; CarBYNE and CarBEAN.

I tend to accept the first, as a farm combine machine is pronounced ComBYNE and things are ComBYNED together.

BUT, in The Last of the Mohicans, the nickname for Hawkeye: 'La Longue Carabine' (Long Rifle) which was also used by the French speakers I ran into when I was stationed in Germany for our full sized M16A2s compared to their FAMAS bullpups, pronounced it as CaraBEAN

So there.

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