Adidas. How do you say it?

[Megaflow]

I have always used ad-e-das, but just heard someone on the radio use a-de-as...

[GAjon]

Nestles!

[WH16]

I don't.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

As it is named after Adolf Adi Dassler and "i" is pronouced "e" in Germany the correct way from the two options is Ad-e-das.

I'm not great on the whole proper phonetic pronunciation thing but a Brit would hear a German say AH-dee-dahs





PS. I'm married to a German, live in Germany and also speak German.

Edited by RedWhiteMonkey on Wednesday 28th January 11:14

[lizardbrain]

Plimsolls

[Jader1973]

According to the school playground it is an acronym in both directions:

After Dinner I Did A st

Soon After Dinner I Did Another

[ATG]

As a Brit, I'd say "ah di dass", which I think is a pretty natural anglification of the German. Anyone who says "ah DEE dass" needs a slap ... unless they're Welsh, as stressing that penultimate syllable would be the natural cymrufication.

My 10 year old pronounces it "Daddy's arse, hahahaha, arse, get it?"

[Mr Peel]

At my school it was 'All Day I Dream About Sex'. Pronounced addy-dass

[vikingaero]

ATG said:

As a Brit, I'd say "ah di dass", which I think is a pretty natural anglification of the German. Anyone who says "ah DEE dass" needs a slap ... unless they're Welsh, as stressing that penultimate syllable would be the natural cymrufication.

My 10 year old pronounces it "Daddy's arse, hahahaha, arse, get it?"

B - M - W - bee-em-double-yoo

It's Bee Emm Vee - Plenty of angry German on TikTok and YouTube telling you how to say it.

[Sporky]

Addy-dass here too.

[Megaflow]

Jader1973 said:

According to the school playground it is an acronym in both directions:

After Dinner I Did A st

Soon After Dinner I Did Another

Don't forget All Day I Dream About Sleeping... There is another less family friendly one as well..

[RedWhiteMonkey]

vikingaero said:

B - M - W - bee-em-double-yoo

It's Bee Emm Vee - Plenty of angry German on TikTok and YouTube telling you how to say it.

vay not vee

[toon10]

As a Brit I tend to say "Por-Shh" instead of "Porshh-Uh" even know I know that's how our German friends pronounce it (the proper way). Same goes for Nike. Rrather than how it should be said "Nike-Ee" It just feels wrong to use the proper native pronunciations with my Northern English tongue.

But Adidas, I've only heard someone say "A-De-Das" once and they got such a roasting they've never said it that way again.

[bergclimber34]

Tiss yew

Tishew

Con stab bull

Or as only the cretinous media,

Cun stab bull

No rich

Noridge

Shrews berry
Shrows berry

Nikeeeee
Niyk

Great lists

[wibble cb]

As it’s after Adi Dassler, I go with adi- Das….

[Promised Land]

Like this

https://youtu.be/Qx0huz6TiLo?si=vYmLpwGBvVs3AyLA

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Adidas is the first once she does:

[Super Sonic]

To rhyme with 'lah Dee Dahs'

[abzmike]

In less politically correct times (ie: the 70s) at my school is was A dirty indian did a s***, behind the bush...

[cookie1600]