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| How would you pronouce 'Adamas'? Would you accent the first or second syllable? |
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Location: North Carolina | It is my understanding that it is pronounced like "Adidas" shoes, with the accent on the second syllable. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Location: NJ | A damn ass |
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Location: Dallas, GA, USA | I had been pronouncing it uh-dom-us... oops. A damn ass it is. :o |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Absolutely not
As Humphrey Bogart would say "A Dame as" and he would follow it with a remark like "Why does A dame as that show up in my bar?" |
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Location: Prague | As the word is an ancient latin word (as I read on Tom Wheeler Book) the correct pronunciation is with the accent on the first "a": àdamas. See the link for reference:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3D%23688
Hi! :-)
p.s. and the meaning is "diamond" |
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Location: NJ | call up the service center and say you have a question about the ah vu lay son A damn ass guitar and see if they help you. |
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Location: North Carolina | Thanks Akal for the etymologic exposition. Huh?
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Adamas pronunciation
