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Sarda

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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #45 on: February 27, 2011, 09:27:42 pm »
I pronounce it as "kot-ton kandee"
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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #46 on: March 01, 2011, 07:28:23 pm »
Quote from: Jordan~ on February 27, 2011, 09:26:49 pm
In the whole of Britain, it's toe-mah-toe. It only rhymes with potato in American English. The a is also pronounce "ah" in most European languages, and in the Nahuatl word from which it's derived, xītomatl.

And the reference to back that up.
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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #47 on: March 01, 2011, 08:06:01 pm »
I use ad-a-man-teen and your-ist.
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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #48 on: March 01, 2011, 11:03:40 pm »
Quote from: Jordan~ on February 27, 2011, 09:26:49 pm
Quote from: expwnent on February 27, 2011, 01:48:24 pm
It's pronounced tuh-may-toe. If English isn't your first language, and you forget, that's understandable, but tuh-may-toe is the correct pronounciation. If you want a word that DOES have multiple correct pronounciations, try aunt (rhymes with taunt) vs aunt (rhymes with rant). [here I'm using "you" as the generic you, or "one", not you specifically, of course]

In the whole of Britain, it's toe-mah-toe. It only rhymes with potato in American English. The a is also pronounce "ah" in most European languages, and in the Nahuatl word from which it's derived, xītomatl.
And we say "aluminium" al-you-min-yum.

British English and American English have different pronounciations. It sounds like toe-may-toe would be incorrect for British English.

Incidentally, I'm totally with you guys on aluminium. There's no reason to drop the last i.
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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #49 on: March 02, 2011, 12:26:01 am »
Generally i only pronounce urist in my head since people think i'm nuts for talking about DF, but You ruh st since heavy accent on the r just seems celtic/dwarven to me. And adamantine would be aa dd uh mah ng t eye .... hey i'm not a linguist damnit, why does it even matter ? :P
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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #50 on: March 02, 2011, 01:48:40 am »
To be sure, the correct name of the substance should be "Adamantite".  Adamantine is an adjective, not a noun.

And it's A-da-man-teen.... or A-da-man-tight if you're a stickler.
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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #51 on: March 02, 2011, 02:27:28 am »
Adam-an-teen

Err-rist (it's like somewhere between "err" and "oor", i think).
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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #52 on: March 19, 2011, 09:08:38 pm »
"Stahr-Mehtal"
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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #53 on: March 19, 2011, 09:52:03 pm »
EDIT: Wrong thread.

EDIT2: "Shiyn-ee."
« Last Edit: March 19, 2011, 10:28:40 pm by Urist Imiknorris »
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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #54 on: March 19, 2011, 10:09:45 pm »
"aww-hell-yeah"
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Re: How do you pronounce Adamantine?
« Reply #55 on: March 19, 2011, 11:07:18 pm »
throat-wobbler-mangrove

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