Being a relative new-comer to Garands, I seem to have discovered yet another "raging controversy" among some Garandicon fanatics.

I put up a video and pronounced the name of the Rifle "Guh-rand" with emphasis on "rand" as I've heard it pronounced on nearly any gun show I've seen about it.

I got a comment from an irate person saying, "You are saying it wrong! You must pronounce it as Mr. Garand said his name" ... like "errand" but add a G to it.

I am fully aware from Julius Hatcher's book that this is how Mr. Garand's name was pronounced, but like I say, I've rarely heard the Garand rifle pronounced the same way.

So, what is the common view here? Did I just happen to stumble into a particularly cranky person on this issue, or is he right and is nearly everyone pronouncing it incorrectly?
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