taxmantoo Posted December 30, 2008 #26 Share Posted December 30, 2008 It's spelled "throat warbler mangrove", but it's pronounced "Luxury Yacht". Very appropriate for this board. Now the first one who tells me where that is from wins. Here you go...Monty Python sketch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niborHS Posted December 30, 2008 #27 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Figures a Canadian would know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolaSwamp Posted December 30, 2008 Author #28 Share Posted December 30, 2008 After booking my first cruise on the Ryndam, I spent six months telling everyone I was going on a cruise on the "Rinn-dam". Imagine my surprise when I was welcomed aboard the "Rine-dam". Oops. Gah! :eek: I thought it was the Rinn-dam as well! :o Maybe I should check pronunciation of Maasdam... :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innlady1 Posted December 30, 2008 #29 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Gah! :eek: I thought it was the Rinn-dam as well! :o Maybe I should check pronunciation of Maasdam... :confused: Now, to muddy the waters a bit more, is it Rine-dahm or Rine-dam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManOfBethesda Posted December 30, 2008 #30 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Yes, but Webster's is an American dictionary, isn't it? I prefer Oxford! Touche' :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinjudy Posted December 30, 2008 #31 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I call it Lido no matter what line I am on! I never remember what it is called on Celebrity , it is always Lido to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccole Posted December 30, 2008 #32 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I love reading these posts. I thought I was the only one who did not know how to pronounce Zuiderdam or the other HAL ships. Is it dam or dahm? Is it Zider or Zweeder? I think I heard just about everything before and after our cruise and just stopped trying. Cherie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Rare CC Help Michell Posted December 30, 2008 Administrators #33 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I call it Lido no matter what line I am on! I never remember what it is called on Celebrity , it is always Lido to me. That's what Gopher, Julie, and Isaac always said! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_dylaness Posted December 31, 2008 #34 Share Posted December 31, 2008 ROFL!!:D Thanks for the flashback to the 70s! No problem... Don't worry, if we're singing that on the Eurodam on the way to the buffet we won't be doing it too loudly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innlady1 Posted December 31, 2008 #35 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I love reading these posts. I thought I was the only one who did not know how to pronounce Zuiderdam or the other HAL ships. Is it dam or dahm? Is it Zider or Zweeder? I think I heard just about everything before and after our cruise and just stopped trying. Cherie I have read that Zuiderdam is "zider" rhyming with "cider." Still waiting on the "dahm" vs. "dam" though! I've always called it Noor-dahm. But I think someone corrected me that it's Noor-dam (rhyming with the name "Sam"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccole Posted December 31, 2008 #36 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Thank you!!! I'll wait for your verdict on dahm and dam:) Cherie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinjudy Posted December 31, 2008 #37 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Michelle, so that explains why I have always called the area Lido on any ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkletoes4445 Posted December 31, 2008 #38 Share Posted December 31, 2008 And if you Feed OToo much on Lido Don't wear a Speedo That won't look Neat O Guido GOD I NEED A CRUISE ........BADLY *LOL* LOL...That's funny! I recently came across hubby's old Speedo from waaaaaayyyy back when he was a high school kid. OMG, our kids about died laughing when they saw the thing. Good thing I tossed all my old string bikinis years ago! That would have been a Kodak moment for sure! But it would have been fun to see their faces. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkletoes4445 Posted December 31, 2008 #39 Share Posted December 31, 2008 So, going through the buffet line would be the "Lido Shuffle"? Or the "Lido Roll." :) You may shuffle in the first day, but if you're not careful, they'll have to roll you out! I speak from experience on this one. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolaSwamp Posted December 31, 2008 Author #40 Share Posted December 31, 2008 So....... how does one correctly pronounce "Maasdam" anyway? I've been calling it Mahzdam - not Mossdahm or Mossdam. Am I right? Bueller?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkletoes4445 Posted December 31, 2008 #41 Share Posted December 31, 2008 So....... how does one correctly pronounce "Maasdam" anyway? I've been calling it Mahzdam - not Mossdahm or Mossdam. Am I right? Bueller?? LOL...I loved that movie. :) I think the way you're pronouncing it is correct. I am sure someone who knows will come along and help you out. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyher Posted December 31, 2008 #42 Share Posted December 31, 2008 LOL...That's funny! I recently came across hubby's old Speedo from waaaaaayyyy back when he was a high school kid. OMG, our kids about died laughing when they saw the thing. Good thing I tossed all my old string bikinis years ago! That would have been a Kodak moment for sure! But it would have been fun to see their faces. lol I wouldn't wear a Speedo even back when I was in Speedo wearing shape *LOL* DW always tells DD and her friends to enjoy their bikini, thong and low rider years because they are short lived *LOL* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundagger Posted December 31, 2008 #43 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Here's Copper10-8's pronunciation guide ... ... the Dutch have accents and even dialects depending on what part of the country they're from so you might get a different pronounciation from someone from the province of Friesland (the far north), Amsterdam in the province of Noord Holland in the west and/or the southern provinces of Brabant and Limburg. Even the inhabitants of the three big cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Den Haag (the Hague) have their own accents. Prinsendam "Princen-dam" as in "Prince" Statendam "St-ah-ten-dam" as in "say Aah" Maasdam "Maahs-dam" as in "say Ahh" Ryndam "Rhine-dam" Veendam "Veyn-dam" as in "hey" Rotterdam "Rott-ehr-dam" as in Rotweiler Amsterdam "Ahm-ster-dam" Volendam "Vohl-en-dam" as in "Foal" Zaandam "Zahn-dam" as in "say Aah" Zuiderdam "Zey-der-dam" Oosterdam "Oasterdam" as in Toast but drop the "T" Westerdam "West-ehr-dam" Noordam "Nor-dam" as in More Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolaSwamp Posted December 31, 2008 Author #44 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Thanks Sundagger. Here is a breakdown of the ones I thought of correctly:cool:: Prinsendam "Princen-dam" as in "Prince" Statendam "St-ah-ten-dam" as in "say Aah" Maasdam "Maahs-dam" as in "say Ahh" Rotterdam "Rott-ehr-dam" as in Rotweiler Volendam "Vohl-en-dam" as in "Foal" Zaandam "Zahn-dam" as in "say Aah" Westerdam "West-ehr-dam" Noordam "Nor-dam" as in More And incorrectly:eek:: Ryndam "Rhine-dam" (I thought RINN-dam) Veendam "Veyn-dam" as in "hey" (I thought VEEN as in scene) Amsterdam "Ahm-ster-dam" (I thought AM as in ham) Zuiderdam "Zey-der-dam" (I thought ZWEEDerdam) Oosterdam "Oasterdam" as in Toast but drop the "T" (I thought OOST as in boost) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafun Posted December 31, 2008 #45 Share Posted December 31, 2008 "Lido Shuffle..." Whew! That was quite a few brain cells ago, but thanks for the reminder. And yes, I still have some vinyl albums around. :) I only I can get the Victrola cranked up to play them...:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterCaro Posted December 31, 2008 #46 Share Posted December 31, 2008 "Lido Shuffle..." Whew! That was quite a few brain cells ago, but thanks for the reminder. And yes, I still have some vinyl albums around. :) I only I can get the Victrola cranked up to play them...:rolleyes: We call our basement the Vinyl Resting Place. :) Now I have Boz Scaggs stuck in my head. :p Caro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkletoes4445 Posted December 31, 2008 #47 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I wouldn't wear a Speedo even back when I was in Speedo wearing shape *LOL* Hubby was a big swimmer...he wore it for his swim team. I think that was the only one he had, but it was certainly something. lol DW always tells DD and her friends to enjoy their bikini, thong and low rider years because they are short lived *LOL* That is the truth! They are very short indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted December 31, 2008 #48 Share Posted December 31, 2008 So....... how does one correctly pronounce "Maasdam" anyway? I've been calling it Mahzdam - not Mossdahm or Mossdam. This question has come up before. Back in July '03 poster tomc wrote a few limericks about the pronouciations. They were so clever I kept them. Here's what he had to say about the Maasdam--- The "-dam" with an M goes by "Mahz," (Like sheep who are noisy make "baas.") The snobs that we face Don't like the word "vase," And insist that the ship rhyme with "vahz." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundagger Posted December 31, 2008 #49 Share Posted December 31, 2008 And incorrectly:eek:: Ryndam "Rhine-dam" (I thought RINN-dam) Veendam "Veyn-dam" as in "hey" (I thought VEEN as in scene) I also thought of those incorrectly. I've been on the Veendam twice and noticed that the crew varies a bit in their pronunciation of the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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