The other day I was watching a show about modern weapons used by snipers and couldn't believe what these "professionals" said! They were talking about the .338 "la-POO-a" (misspelled for emphasis) magnum. Everyone in Finland must go into paroxysms of laughter every time they hear an American talk about their "Say-ko" rifle or their .338 la-POO-a magnum. In Finland the emphasis (on Finnish words) is ALWAYS on the first syllable! Thus, a Finn would say what sounds to us like LAW-poo-a and SAW-ko. Now that you actually know how to pronounce the words correctly (sort of) you'll be able to spot those who are pretending to be experts a lot more quickly.