Another one of those mispronunciations

[Adam West]

Adidas

I have always pronounced it Uh-Dee-Duhs but just called an outlet store for a return I need to make and they pronounced it Ah-Dee-Dahs. When I first heard the prerecorded message I thought that it was some type of mess up with the voice recorder but when it transferred me to the store the person, pronounced it the same way.

I looked it up on the internet and it said that Ah-Dee-Dahs is the German pronunciation but Uh-Dee-Duhs is the Anglican pronunciation. I don't know if the company is going through some type of identity crisis and asking that their U.S. employees use the German enunciation but after using the Anglican form for so many years it just sounds strange to me to say it and I doubt anyone else would recognize it by its German pronunciation. Strange.

[Mikey]

Back in the 70's I used to think it was pronounced æ-dee-dis

I remember a buddy of mine said it stood for --- all day i dream about sex

[Adam West]

I knew when I posted the thread someone would say it stands for "All Day I Dream About Sports" or the one you posted. Apparently, it is some combination of the founder's first and last name. It sounds like the way you are writing the pronunciation is the same as I'm trying to say may with the exception of the "A". Not as in saying the letter of the alphabet but more of a soft "A". The way the store said it was similar to what you asked to say when you stick your tongue out at the doctor....

[Meule]

Don't know about the UK, but I believe most of Europe pronounces it the German way.

I remember a buddy of mine said it stood for --- all day i dream about sex

The band Korn released a song by that name. The singer does wear a lot of Adidas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=239vHrwt8Rs

[LonnieFisher]

Back in the 70's I used to think it was pronounced æ-dee-dis

I remember a buddy of mine said it stood for --- all day i dream about sex

All day I dream about sports is what it stands for, but Korn has a song called A.D.I.D.A.S., which stands for all day I dream about sex. It's an awesome song!!

[Mikey]

All day I dream about sports is what it stands for, but Korn has a song called A.D.I.D.A.S., which stands for all day I dream about sex. It's an awesome song!!

I never heard the song, but my buddies used to say "all day I dream about sex" as far back as 1977

I remember because I was in 7th grade and it got around my class

I think it was a popular schoolyard saying back then and my buds just repeated it.

[Brazoo]

I always pronounced it Uh-Dee-Duhs too.

[Random Axe]

I work in the shoe industry so I've picked up some useless info on this stuff.

Adi Dassler formed the company to make soccer cleats for the growing euro sport. The company name mirrors his own. BTW, his brother Rudolph, who was insanely jealous, formed Puma.

[EMCE Hammer]

This is sort of the same thing. I had two funnies tonight from my kids. The first was my twins. One had their B&B Batman; the other the B&B Superman. The one with the Batman kept referring to his brother's Superman as his "sidecake."

The second was at dinner tonight. I made some wise crack, and my wife responded that "You're such a comedian." My kindergarten SW freak looked at her and said, "Dad is NOT from the planet Kamino."

[livnxxxl]

Kind of like the way some people pronounce Washington as Warshington.

[jwyblejr]

And Volkswagon is actually Folksvagon but that's neither here nor there.

[huedell]

IMHO, it's the difference bewteen:

"I ate uh peach" and "I ate ay peach"

----I don't think it matters either way.

[Mikey]

As a kid I always thought it was Voltswagon

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Kind of like the way some people pronounce Washington as Warshington.

I don't know why, but living in the DC/Balt area, that one is like nails on a chalkboard for me.

I've always pronounced the uh as ay, but I usually say "a" as ay rather than "uh" unless I'm speaking to the public then I'm conscious of how I'm pronouncing things.

[Mikey]

I have one for our NY tri-state area people ...

How do you pronounce Tappan Zee ?

I constantly hear 2 very different pronunciations

Tap - in - zee

Toppan (with emphasis on PAN) - zee

I say the first.