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Flounder

07-06-2011, 08:32 AM

Sherlockholms

07-06-2011, 08:33 AM

K....O as in he was KO'ed

Flounder

07-06-2011, 08:34 AM

Aha! That makes sense.

agctribefan

07-06-2011, 08:36 AM

Actually it is just initials. C.A.O. Cano A. Ozgener founder of the brand.

T.G

07-06-2011, 08:38 AM

How do you guys pronounce that?

I find myself saying "chao" in my head, like French(?) for good-bye, but at the same time I want to think it is just "C-A-O", just curious what you guys think. The prior doesn't seem right, and the latter is too many syllables.

Bingo - it's just the letters "C - A - O". The company's official name is C.A.O. International Inc., after the initials of the founder, Cano A. Ozgener.

Blak Smyth

07-06-2011, 08:40 AM

CAO is the founders initials, Cano A Ozgener, so C-A-O is correct.

Oops T.G beat me to it.

Brutus2600

07-06-2011, 08:45 AM

I pronounce it bye the letters, C A O, since it's an acronym for the founder Cano A. Ozgener. If somebody came up and asked me about the chow or k-oh I would have no idea what they were talking about :D lol

Edit: Got distracted by a user dropping by my cube and by the time I pressed post everybody else had already answered this, rofl.

Skywalker

07-06-2011, 09:15 AM

I like this Thread!!!:tu

SvilleKid

07-06-2011, 09:22 AM

Actually it is just initials. C.A.O. Cano A. Ozgener founder of the brand.

100% correct!

T.G

07-06-2011, 09:22 AM

I like this Thread!!!:tu

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2098/genearganesecry.jpg

Flounder

07-06-2011, 09:23 AM

I like this Thread!!!:tu

Why is that?

Bax

07-06-2011, 09:27 AM

It's actually spelled CrApOlla but the rplla is silent.

pnoon

07-06-2011, 09:30 AM

Fwiw, Ciao is Italian. Not French.
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Remo

07-06-2011, 09:32 AM

It's actually spelled CrApOlla but the rplla is silent.

:r:r:r

Flounder

07-06-2011, 09:41 AM

Fwiw, Ciao is Italian. Not French.
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Foreign is foreign :P

HK3-

07-06-2011, 09:46 AM

It's now pronounced - Crowned Heads. ;)

thebiglebowski

07-06-2011, 10:08 AM

It's actually spelled CrApOlla but the rplla is silent.

now that's funny!

N2 GOLD

07-06-2011, 10:14 AM

actually it is just initials. C.a.o. Cano a. Ozgener founder of the brand.

bingo... -(p

Flounder

07-06-2011, 10:19 AM

-(p

What the eff is that supposed to be?

T.G

07-06-2011, 10:31 AM

What the eff is that supposed to be?

An upside down one of these -(b

icehog3

07-06-2011, 10:48 AM

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/icehog3/captainobvious.jpg

MurphysLaw

07-06-2011, 10:49 AM

It's now pronounced - Crowned Heads. ;)

:tpd:

merry12

07-14-2011, 07:55 AM

Calcium oxide (CaO), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound. It is a white, caustic, alkaline crystalline solid at room temperature.

Emjaysmash

07-14-2011, 07:59 AM

Calcium oxide (CaO), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound. It is a white, caustic, alkaline crystalline solid at room temperature.

:r :r

MurphysLaw

07-14-2011, 08:03 AM

:r :r

Best answer yet! :rolleyes:

poker

07-14-2011, 08:18 AM

Calcium oxide (CaO), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound. It is a white, caustic, alkaline crystalline solid at room temperature.

Obviously related to thermal

stearns

07-14-2011, 08:41 AM

i get so many people asking if we carry cow's at the shop that i dont get surprised any more how many ways there are to mispronounce 3 letters

stearns

tedrodgerscpa

07-14-2011, 08:46 AM

i get so many people asking if we carry cow's at the shop that i dont get surprised any more how many ways there are to mispronounce 3 letters

stearns

"Dude, we can't carry cows... They weigh like 800 pounds! Maybe a small goat or a few chickens, but cows? No way...."

stearns

07-14-2011, 08:52 AM

not to mention the smell they would make in the walk-in, all our cigars would be flavored!

stearns

maninblack

07-14-2011, 09:18 AM

Easier to pronounce than Tatuaje.

Blak Smyth

07-14-2011, 09:23 AM

not to mention the smell they would make in the walk-in, all our cigars would be flavored!

stearns

Barnyard?

maninblack

07-14-2011, 09:33 AM

Don't give Gurkha any ideas.

Patrick B

07-14-2011, 09:40 AM

Played golf earlier this year with a guy that told me if I wasn't smoking COWS then I was missing out. :)

shilala

07-14-2011, 09:43 AM

Who bought the cows, was it general cigar or swiss match or does swiss own general or how the heck does that work?

T.G

07-14-2011, 11:38 AM

Who bought the cows, was it general cigar or swiss match or does swiss own general or how the heck does that work?

Yeah, it's convoluted enough that I had to go double check the dates.

So, insert theme to The Brady Bunch tv show here...

2005: Swedish Match finishes acquisition of General Cigar.
2007: Henri Wintermans, a subsidiary of Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (STG), acquires CAO & Torano.
2007: Swedish Match acquires Cigars International and associated holdings.
2010: Swedish Match merges with STG. STG retains controlling interest so company name remains Scandinavian Tobacco Group.

Duke9192

07-15-2011, 07:39 AM

This thread is great!!

massphatness

07-15-2011, 08:15 AM

Everybody Polka!

Davis

07-15-2011, 09:54 AM

I <3 Polka...

Angus

07-15-2011, 10:41 AM

Played golf earlier this year with a guy that told me if I wasn't smoking COWS then I was missing out. :)

That's disturbing!! :r

shilala

07-15-2011, 12:27 PM

Yeah, it's convoluted enough that I had to go double check the dates.

So, insert theme to The Brady Bunch tv show here...

2005: Swedish Match finishes acquisition of General Cigar.
2007: Henri Wintermans, a subsidiary of Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (STG), acquires CAO & Torano.
2007: Swedish Match acquires Cigars International and associated holdings.
2010: Swedish Match merges with STG. STG retains controlling interest so company name remains Scandinavian Tobacco Group.
Thanks Adam. I missed the whole STG merger, never heard word one. I'm less confused now, but I'm not sure what the odds of retaining any of it are. :D

BigAsh

07-15-2011, 12:51 PM

Thanks Adam. I missed the whole STG merger, never heard word one. I'm less confused now, but I'm not sure what the odds of retaining any of it are. :D

Contest? :r

T.G

07-16-2011, 11:06 AM

Thanks Adam. I missed the whole STG merger, never heard word one. I'm less confused now, but I'm not sure what the odds of retaining any of it are. :D

Welcome Scott. For some reason, the STG merger didn't gather that much publicity or buzz, seems like it was just kind of mentioned a few places and then promptly forgotten about. Everyone knew about CAO, but a couple industry giants merge and no one notices. I might have missed it myself if it weren't for having a friend who works for one of the Swedish Match acquisitions.

And I sure as heck don't remember the exact dates or order myself - every time this conversation comes up, I have to go look up the order too.:r