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No, and that surprises me, since Americans do not pronounce it as one would expect Joel Send a noteboard - 05/03/2017 11:47:21 PM

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They also pronounce 'Adidas' differently from North Americans, but I suspect their way is more accurate to what it should be.

That is, with the infamous "silent e." I confess curiosity about how the British pronounce it (apart from "wrong" myself.
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Honestly, I Would Wear Adidas Just on Principle - 05/03/2017 09:08:04 PM 833 Views
I can't contribute to a discussion of the NFL. But did you know the Brits pronounce 'Nike' wrong? - 05/03/2017 10:32:19 PM 544 Views
AH-DEE-dahs? - 05/03/2017 10:36:59 PM 571 Views
Nike and Adidas are the worst. - 05/03/2017 10:53:29 PM 545 Views
I'd call you a pronunciation Nazi for that, but... - 05/03/2017 11:18:13 PM 587 Views
Want to share the two pronunciations to help those of us neither American nor British? - 05/03/2017 11:36:23 PM 557 Views
I'll give you the US pronunciations - 06/03/2017 12:17:29 AM 568 Views
British: NYKE (one syllable) and AH-dee-das - American: NY-kee and ah-DEE-duss - 06/03/2017 06:13:44 AM 551 Views
Okay, that's more or less what I thought. Whew. - 06/03/2017 06:44:23 AM 532 Views
Then John says Adidas wrong. Ah-dih-das. - 06/03/2017 12:45:31 PM 495 Views
No, and that surprises me, since Americans do not pronounce it as one would expect - 05/03/2017 11:47:21 PM 593 Views
It's polite to say 'differently' - 06/03/2017 11:40:28 AM 555 Views
Language is a democracy. There are more of us so are way is right. *NM* - 06/03/2017 11:50:44 AM 244 Views

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