Why can't Mail Call's "Gunny" pronouce Vietnam?

[Ernesto]

You would think that the History channel's military "expert" would know that Vietnam rhymes with Tom, not jam. How would I know? I graduated from the USMC Vietnamese language school on Okinawa before my deployment in '67....... I think I'll E-mail my question to the "Gunny"....

[LincolnMcGrath]

1. YOU MAGGOT!! DIDN`T YOUR MOMMY AND

DADDY GIVE YOU ENOUGH ATTENTION?


lol

[GOPisEvil]

2. You unorganized, grabasstic, liberal puke!

Drop and give me 20!

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. Jesus Christ, who do you think you are, Mickey fucking Spillane??

You're not a writer, you're a killer!

[arwalden]

4. "Our Next Email Comes From 'Er-NES-To' In New Jersey"

"Ernesto wants to know why I pronounce Vietnam the way I do. He thinks he better than all of us. Who's the slimy little communist shit, tinkle-toed cocksucker down here who just signed his own death warrant? Nobody, huh? I will PT you all until you fucking die! I'll PT you until your assholes are sucking buttermilk."

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. you owe me a Macintosh Keyboard and a large coffee!!!!

BWAHAAHAHAHAHA.... snarf.... wooohooo Arwalden, that was the best laugh I've had all week!

[GOPisEvil]

7. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Damn, that was funny! :-)

[WoodrowFan]

11. you did that WAYYYYY to well..

Man, you did that WAYYYYYY to well. DSo you have a past we don't know about??

[Zuni]

14. good one

that really sounds like R. lee Ermey

[GOPisEvil]

15. That last part is from the movie...

...the first part is all Allen.

[arwalden]

17. I see you're as big a fan as I am...

he's definitely one "quotable" character.

-- Allen

[GOPisEvil]

18. I love that movie!

Why I don't own it on DVD is beyond me.

[arwalden]

19. Because It's ONLY Available As "Full Screen" And Not Widescreen

That's my excuse. --- I keep hoping that a widescreen version will be released.

Unless someone knows for a fact that it was never released in the movie theaters as a widescreen feature. Perhaps it was released using the small-screen ratios.

-- Allen

[lazarus]

35. Actually, Allen

from what I've found reading around the web, Kubrick shot it in full-frame and then matted it to 1.85:1 ratio for the theatrical release, so no information has been lost on the sides, and additional material is visible on the top and bottom. I dunno why he did this, but you're not actually losing any picture.

It still freaks me out. I'm a letterbox snob.

[Loonman]

42. Yep, no widescreen of this exists

Kubrick was pissed about how 2001 looked lame in the pan-and-scan TV version.

[arwalden]

43. "Letterbox Snob" Here, Also

Thanks for the info, Laz!

-- Allen

[Loonman]

5. GET ON YOUR FACE AND GIVE ME 25, COLLEGE BOY!!!!!

SOUND OFF LIKE YOU GOT A PAIR!


Sgt. Hartman:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/quotes

[BigMcLargehuge]

8. and from another famous Gunny

Be advised, I'm mean nasty and tired. I eat concertina wire and piss napalm and I could put a round through a fleas ass at 300 yards. So why don't you hump somebody else's leg mutt-face before I push yours in.

[Mikimouse]

12. Hahahahahahaha! Gives new meaning to the old joke...

about the two drunks ("does your pecker burn when you drink?").:hippie:

[trof]

22. I don't know, I never tried to light it.

har

[Cat Atomic]

9. That's how the Fairy F****** Godmother says it!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

10. give it a minute to load

well worth it...DO NOT click on any of these in your office unless you are prepared for the consequences...even at home you might want to turn down the speakers

http://ebaumsworld.com/jacket1.html

TheProdigal

[TacticalPeek]

13. He's just quoting LBJ (and Country Joe).

"The question before us tonight, Why Vietnaam?".

[scottcsmith]

16. People like to mispronounce words

Hell, no one outside the state of Oregon pronounces the name right...it's always pronounced ORE-A-GONE. We pronounce it in an admittedly strange way, either ORE-GUN or ORE-A-GUN.

"Nuclear" is a hard one.

And let's not forget W's use of the word "subliminiable."

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

20. In the Marine Corps, the old salt prounciation of VietNam is

like he says it.
My uncle who was a 40 year E-9 prounced it that way. Everyone did before about 1968 or so, I would guess.
I have a tape of Walter Cronkite saying Nam like Jam.
LBJ clearly says Nam like Jam.
I think even JFK said Nam/Jam, but I have no tape here.
McNamara says Nam/Jam.

It is an affectation among senior NCO's, base on those who came back from the early advising tours.

[Ernesto]

23. I joined in '65, Am I salty?

It never rhymed with jam except with the east coast establishment as you have indicated.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

26. You NEVER heard it rhyme with Jam?

In the Marine Corps? Both my Gunnies and one Major I served with said it that way. I think they just liked to say it that way cause it reminded them of the good old days, pre-Danang.
Who the hell knows?
I have always been a Nom pronouncer myself.

[Ernesto]

30. Yes of course I did on occasion

Semper Fi Amigo

[Ernesto]

21. I've heard, more than once, that the "Gunny" WAS an USMC drill instructor.

If not, he should have been one. He still makes me come to attention even though I've been a civillian piece of shit scum bag MAGGOT for more than 34 years.

[wingnut]

24. He was

He was medically discharged as a Staff Sgt, but was made a honorary Gunny.

[name not needed]

25. i cant resist

You little scumbag! I got your name, I got your ass! You will not laugh, you will not cry, you will learn by the numbers I will teach you. Now get up, get on your feet! You had best un-fuck yourself or I will unscrew your head and shit down your neck!

[slackmaster]

28. I have R. Lee Ermey's voice as Windows sounds

My "Exclamation" is Gunnery Sgt. Hartman's last words:

"What is your major malfunction, numbnuts?!?!"

[slackmaster]

27. The Ramones pronounced it that way too

The song is titled Commando :

They're doin' their best
They do what they can
They're gettin' you ready for Vietnam

From old Hanoi to East Berlin
Commando, they're fightin' again...

[Braden]

29. Jesus H. Christ

Are you going to fucking die, Pyle? Are you
going to die on me!! Do it now! Move it up!
Hustle it up! Quickly, quickly, quickly! Do
you feel dizzy? Do you feel faint? Jesus H.
Christ, I think you've got a hard-on!

[Elidor]

38. ROFL!

"I bet you wouldn't even have the common courtesy to give a guy a reacharound!" I love Mr. Ermy.

It's funny to think that someone did this routine to him once when he was in boot camp:
"Ermy? Is that right? Is that really your name, maggot? What the fuck kind of name is ERMY?! Are you some kind of queer, Mr. Ermy? You sure look like a faggot to me! Drop and give me 20!"

As an aside: anyone who was there can pronounce it however they like. And R. Lee Ermy was there.

[rustydog]

31. Gunny served in Vietnam and was a marine DI,

have you ever heard of regional dialects yáll?
You say tomato I say tomoto.

[Andyjunction]

32. And it's one, two, three, what are we fightin' for?

Don't ask me I don't give a damn
Next stop is Vietnam.

[Ernesto]

40. What a great tune: The Vietnam Rag!

Country Joe & the Fish, I believe.
I Wish we could hear that sort of issue oriented music today. Unfortunitly times have changed... "mainstream" means DON"T MAKE WAVES.... corporate mediocracy is the rule of the day.

[DS1]

33. He's coming to Boston this weekend

I'll ask him for ya :bounce:

[Nomad559]

34. Sound Track

Full Metal Jacket Sound Track

[lazarus]

36. Don't make a fucking effort, Pyle

If God had wanted you on top of that obstacle, he would have miracled your ass up there, wouldn't he?

[Fish-Slapping_Dance]

37. Looks like the best part of you

ran down the crack of your momma's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress!

You better say you love the Virgin Mary or I will gouge out your eyes and skull-fuck you!

[Ernesto]

39. FSD, YOU MAGGOT

WELCOME to the DU, YOU low life scum bag....... We need your kind around here! Good to hear from YA!

[Fish-Slapping_Dance]

41. THANK YOU

YOU GRABASTIC PIECE OF AMPHIBIOUS SH*T!

;-)

[ProfessorGAC]

44. I Hate That Show!

What a piece of vile garbage that show is. 99% of what's on it has no historical value or relevance, but it's on the HISTORY Channel.

Why they even run that junk is a mystery to me.
The Professor