Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 2 Apr 2026 01:31:25 GMT Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <10pe83m$3rg2l$1@dont-email.me> <10pr6gg$2t5v$1@dont-email.me> <10pv2af$1eb4h$2@dont-email.me> <87zf3wx1jt.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvhqb$1j2vg$1@dont-email.me> <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <69c92049$0$2516$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <874ilyvjxf.fsf@parhasard.net> <10qc85j$1silm$33@dont-email.me> <10qgj2j$3aete$18@dont-email.me> <10qj6ud$63en$24@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Z5Jn1ggfCFyFMXruXY4tEw8w3o1RyA7huejuwqeK7ODahCP6v5 Cancel-Lock: sha1:K567YhogZNK5u9Y9iF3IMVK6Pro= sha256:ceyppXbRiyWTugsttG4sR96FzZrzzY/yqjwwWtQtrLQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:85092 alt.usage.english:1142079 On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 14:35:09 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 31/03/2026 23:04, rbowman wrote: >> On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:43:47 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 31/03/2026 13:08, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> >>>> I do the US pronunciation. >>> Italian, Spainish and American are all the same, Britain is the >>> exception - is very 'Dutchified' and is how Germans pronounce it >> >> How do you pronounce 'Adidas', the shoe company? The US pronunciation >> is Ah-dee-does. It's a German company started by Adolf (Adi) Dassler so >> a German might be puzzled by what an American was talking about. > > I have personally never found the need to utter the word at all, > smacking as it does of marketing bullshit, teenage brand loyalty and > football of the globular kind [soccer]. > > None of which really feature in my worldview It's hard to avoid hearing the brand name mispronounced in the US but I've never bought any. My preferred brand of sneaker is New Balance. They have less garish offerings than most. Besides the lefties allege that the N logo on the side is favored by National Socialists. https://www.nme.com/news/new-balance-fight-back-neo-nazis-claim-official- shoes-white-people-1862425