Why "Amar'e"

[Ed O]

OK, so his legal name is "Amaré". With the accent.

Why, though, does it have that accent?

Does he pronounce his name "ah-mah-RAY"?

Can I legally change my name to include a special character, too?

E%d O.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

OK, so his legal name is "Amaré". With the accent.

Why, though, does it have that accent?

Does he pronounce his name "ah-mah-RAY"?

Can I legally change my name to include a special character, too?

E%d O.

cracka azz cracka with your racist posts!

 

[maxiep]

Why "LaMarcus"? Was his mom hoping for a girl? Why not "ElMarcus" or "LeMarcus"?

 

[Ed O]

I wonder if I can legally change my first initial to always be in red.

Ed O.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

I knew a girl who was named ;Jamie. With the semi-colon in front of the J. It was on her driver's license and birth certificate.

 

[BGrantFan]

Why "LaMarcus"? Was his mom hoping for a girl? Why not "ElMarcus" or "LeMarcus"?

LaMarcus is Spanish for "The Marcus". I hear you on the girl thing, though.

Maybe she just wanted him to be LaMarcus.

 

[THE HCP]

Cracka alert.......... Cracka alert!

 

[mook]

I wonder if I can legally change my first initial to always be in red.

Ed O.

If you do, the "O" should probably be purple. You know, so it matches the avatar.

 

[EPIC FAIL GILDERHUS]

LaMarcus is Spanish for "The Marcus". I hear you on the girl thing, though.

Maybe she just wanted him to be LaMarcus.

Yeah, but La is the feminine adjective, El is the masculine one. I really don't think that is a factor in non-Spanish-speaking people in naming their kids though...

 

[THE HCP]

Yeah, but La is the feminine adjective, El is the masculine one. I really don't think that is a factor in non-Spanish-speaking people in naming their kids though...

Not in french though, right?

 

[hasoos]

Why "LaMarcus"? Was his mom hoping for a girl? Why not "ElMarcus" or "LeMarcus"?

Because we have to be able to tell the difference between him and Marcus Camby. We have Marcus. And then we have LaMarcus!

 

[EPIC FAIL GILDERHUS]

Not in french though, right?

I'm just going off of the Pacific Ocean weather trends.

 

[TripTango]

OK, so his legal name is "Amaré". With the accent.

Why, though, does it have that accent?

Does he pronounce his name "ah-mah-RAY"?

Can I legally change my name to include a special character, too?

E%d O.

Maybe it was just to keep teachers from calling him a female horse?

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'm guessing too many people made the 'e' silent when he was growing up. I'm not really sure UH-MAR-EE is much better than UH-MAR though.

 

[Ed O]

I'm guessing too many people made the 'e' silent when he was growing up. I'm not really sure UH-MAR-EE is much better than UH-MAR though.

It's all just silliness, and looks even more ridiculous when media outlets put the ' before the e to simulate an e with an accent.

Option One (Amare without an accent):

Teacher: ahMAYR...
Amare: It's ahMAHree, teacher.
Teacher: Oh, OK.

Option Two (Amaré with an accent):

Teacher: AhmahRAY...
Amaré: It's ahMAHree, teacher.
Teacher: Oh, OK.

Option Three:

Teacher: Steve...
Steve: Yes?

Ed O.

 

[BGrantFan]

Yeah, but La is the feminine adjective, El is the masculine one. I really don't think that is a factor in non-Spanish-speaking people in naming their kids though...

I realize the difference between "el" and "la". I was joking.

I'm guessing his parents liked the name LaMarcus, so they named him LaMarcus.

 

[rocketeer]

It's all just silliness

it's just his name. i don't see the big deal.

now when people are named things like la-a(pronounced ladasha), that is just silliness.

 

[e_blazer]

Now, can somebody explain to me why Antawn Jamison's first name is pronounced the same as Antoine?

 

[TripTango]

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[TripTango]

I'm surprised nobody has brought up Dwyane Wade yet... I feel sorry for him every time I see the name.

 

[mook]

Now, can somebody explain to me why Antawn Jamison's first name is pronounced the same as Antoine?

That one always bugged me. Especially because "An-tawn" is just a better-sounding name than "An-twon".

 

[Ed O]

Now, can somebody explain to me why Antawn Jamison's first name is pronounced the same as Antoine?

I'd guess it was a typo.

Ed O.

 

[BGrantFan]

Perhaps his parents misspelled "Amore"?

[video=youtube;aS6-b7CONDI]

 

[Nate4Prez]

Ed, I think you are miss that fact that his name is pronounced AhMar-E, it's not pronounced Ah-mah-ree. The ' seperates the e from the rest of the name, giving it the correct pronunciation. Amar ' e.

 

[maxiep]

[video=youtube;1HRzloVtUPA]

 

[THE HCP]

Now, can somebody explain to me why Antawn Jamison's first name is pronounced the same as Antoine?

There is a story that when he was born the hospital spelled it wrong on the birth certificate and they never got it fixed.

 

[Ed O]

Ed, I think you are miss that fact that his name is pronounced AhMar-E, it's not pronounced Ah-mah-ree. The ' seperates the e from the rest of the name, giving it the correct pronunciation. Amar ' e.

I can't tell if you're serious or not.

Ed O.

 

[Nate4Prez]

I can't tell if you're serious or not.

Ed O.

How can you see my avatar and ever think I am serious?

Nat'e4Pr'ez