Talk:Sellier & Bellot

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Pronunciation

How do you pronounce Sellier & Bellot? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arfon (talk • contribs) 22:28, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also looked this page up to learn the pronunciation, but it does say that Louis Sellier and Jean Maria Nicolaus Bellot were French. I am not an expert on French orthography or phonology, but FWIW, /sɛlˈjeı/ and /bəˈloʊ/ (sell-yay and below) would seem like an accurate way of saying it within the means of an English speaker. Leif Runenritzer (talk) 21:11, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For sellier you are right but not for bellot. It wouldn't be "below" but rather "balow". Nice guess though 77.197.174.17 (talk) 22:36, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Likely typo

I pretty much doubt a Frenchman was named "Jean Maria Nicolaus Bellot". "Jean-Marie Nicolas Bellot" is a lot more believable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.217.91.16 (talk) 16:29, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is right Jean-Marie is a french name, Jean-maria doesn't exist. Correction needed. 77.197.174.17 (talk) 22:33, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Old, but not that notably old.

The article used to say "In 2005 Sellier & Bellot celebrated its 180th anniversary and is one of the oldest companies in the world."

Seeing as List of oldest companies lists 1905 companies founded in 1824 or earlier, some a thousand years old, and the list isn't exhaustive, I don't think this phrasing is quite appropriate. S&B are certainly old, but they're a long way from record holders. It's possible they may be among the oldest ammunition companies, although I'm doubtful there as well. Hatchetfish (talk) 04:44, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

They are notably old - amoung the manufacturers of ammunition. That's for shure. --Ｔｏｍ (talk) 13:43, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]