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Title: Pronounciation
Post by: Guest on April 02, 2006, 01:06:45 PM

Ok, so do folks say:

A-mare-i-kahna

OR

A-mare-i-cane-a

OR

A-mare-roo-kahna

OR

A-mare-a-kahna

My friends and I can\'t agree.  You say toe-mott-toe, I say toe-mate-toe.

Will

Whitmore Farm
Emmitsburg, MD 21727

Title: Pronounciation
Post by: John on April 02, 2006, 07:00:58 PM

I say Ah-mare-au-kahna, where the \"au\" has the same sound as in August or auburn.  I might even be right.
It\'s a merger of American & Araucana.

Title: Pronounciation
Post by: Mike Gilbert on April 03, 2006, 10:56:51 PM

I agree with John.   The word is a contraction of the words American and Araucana - and has been since it was coined in 1978.

Mike Gilbert
aka \"the geezer\"