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Flounder

07-06-2011 08:32 AM

CAO..?

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.

Sherlockholms

07-06-2011 08:33 AM

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

Flounder

07-06-2011 08:34 AM

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Aha! That makes sense.

agctribefan

07-06-2011 08:36 AM

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

T.G	07-06-2011 08:38 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Flounder (Post 1325115)

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

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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

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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

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I like this Thread!!!:tu

SvilleKid

07-06-2011 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by agctribefan (Post 1325124)

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

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Originally Posted by Skywalker (Post 1325190)

I like this Thread!!!:tu

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2...rganesecry.jpg

Flounder

07-06-2011 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Skywalker (Post 1325190)

I like this Thread!!!:tu

Why is that?

Bax	07-06-2011 09:27 AM

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

pnoon

07-06-2011 09:30 AM

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Fwiw, Ciao is Italian. Not French.
Posted via Mobile Device

Remo	07-06-2011 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Bax (Post 1325201)

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

:r:r:r

Flounder

07-06-2011 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by pnoon (Post 1325204)

Fwiw, Ciao is Italian. Not French.
Posted via Mobile Device

Foreign is foreign :P

HK3-	07-06-2011 09:46 AM

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It's now pronounced - Crowned Heads. ;)

thebiglebowski

07-06-2011 10:08 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bax (Post 1325201)

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

now that's funny!

N2 GOLD

07-06-2011 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by agctribefan (Post 1325124)

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

bingo... -(p

Flounder

07-06-2011 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by N2 GOLD (Post 1325265)

-(p

What the eff is that supposed to be?

T.G	07-06-2011 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Flounder (Post 1325273)

What the eff is that supposed to be?

An upside down one of these -(b

icehog3

07-06-2011 10:48 AM

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http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...ainobvious.jpg

MurphysLaw

07-06-2011 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by HK3- (Post 1325228)

It's now pronounced - Crowned Heads. ;)

:tpd:

merry12

07-14-2011 07:55 AM

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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

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Originally Posted by merry12 (Post 1335931)

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

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Originally Posted by Emjaysmash (Post 1335935)

:r :r

Best answer yet! :rolleyes:

poker

07-14-2011 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by merry12 (Post 1335931)

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

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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

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Originally Posted by stearns (Post 1335965)

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

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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

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Easier to pronounce than Tatuaje.

Blak Smyth

07-14-2011 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by stearns (Post 1335975)

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

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Don't give Gurkha any ideas.

Patrick B

07-14-2011 09:40 AM

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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

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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

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Originally Posted by shilala (Post 1336022)

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

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This thread is great!!

massphatness

07-15-2011 08:15 AM

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Everybody Polka!

Davis

07-15-2011 09:54 AM

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I <3 Polka...

Angus

07-15-2011 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Patrick B (Post 1336018)

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

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Originally Posted by T.G (Post 1336131)

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

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Originally Posted by shilala (Post 1337314)

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

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Originally Posted by shilala (Post 1337314)

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

theonlybear4CORT

07-16-2011 11:24 AM

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cow

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