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[Opinions] Re: Ammon?

by kudriashkajo (jodirae)

12/15/2011, 12:27 PM

in reply to a message by Anyan

Ammon is cool! That's very handsome.

I'd be likely to pronounce Amon to rhyme with Damon.

Eamon has always just sounded like semen to me, though if it weren't for that I could see the appeal.

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- Bear +2

12/15/2011, 12:31 PM

Sorry to butt in, but Eamon / Eamonn is a favorite of mine and I wanted to make sure there wasn't a misunderstanding. It's pronounced, "AY-mun," not "EE-mun." So it doesn't rhyme with semen. You're free to still dislike it, of course.

This message was edited 12/15/2011, 12:31 PM

- kudriashkajo (jodirae) +1

12/15/2011, 12:34 PM

Really? I had no idea. I've never actually looked up the pronunciation because it looked so intuitive. Go figure. Well all right then. So Eamon rhymes with Damon? Geez, I gotta be on the lookout for those Irish tricksters.

- Bear

12/15/2011, 12:42 PM

That's the whole point of Irish names -- to keep people guessing. :-P

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