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Did Amare change his name?

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Did Amare change his name? 

Post#1 » by MaryvalesFinest » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:01 am

I don't know if anyone else noticed this but I'm looking at the current game on the ESPN gamecast and checking the boxscores and instead of Amare or Amare' his name is spelt Amar'e now?
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Re: Did Amare change his name? 

Post#2 » by -SDU- » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:09 am

yes he has asked for the e'
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Re: Did Amare change his name? 

Post#3 » by TASTIC » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:15 am

Thats uber ghey


I mean uber' ghey'
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Re: Did Amare change his name? 

Post#4 » by sunchamp » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:24 pm

Yes. He changed it from Amare' to Amar'e.
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Post#5 » by MaryvalesFinest » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:20 pm

sunchamp wrote:Yes. He changed it from Amare' to Amar'e.


Did he ever say why? or he just did it.
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Re: Did Amare change his name? 

Post#6 » by sunchamp » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:16 pm

I would imagine it has something to do with his new management team.
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Re: Did Amare change his name? 

Post#7 » by walkingart » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:32 pm

Phonetically speaking, it makes the pronunciation of his name easier, for those out there who don't know who he is. It is most likely a marketing move by him. If he can make himself known by one name world wide, like Kobe, it would be huge for him.
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Post#8 » by BurningHeart » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:59 pm

That is so....so....SO stupid.
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Re: Did Amare change his name? 

Post#9 » by Go7enKs » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:35 pm

Ialways thought Amaré was from the spanish verb "amar". Which in the future first person it's Amaré...

lways thought it was very poetic to call your son like that...

Guess I was wrong.
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Re: Did Amare change his name? 

Post#10 » by Never Fear 33 Is Here » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:51 pm

walkingart wrote:Phonetically speaking, it makes the pronunciation of his name easier, for those out there who don't know who he is. It is most likely a marketing move by him. If he can make himself known by one name world wide, like Kobe, it would be huge for him.


So does it sound any different now?

I have always said it like such A-mar-re. But have also heard it said A-mar-ray.

Of course I need to get it right for my job and don't wanna sound like a twat..... :lol:
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Post#11 » by Phx4Life08 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:31 pm

i think its cooler with the accent
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Re: Did Amare change his name? 

Post#12 » by -SDU- » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:26 pm

i have no opinion on it, its the dudes name, he can do what he wants with it

maybe he should cut the "stoudemire" part off and become like pele, nene etc :-)
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Re: Did Amare change his name? 

Post#13 » by walkingart » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:57 pm

Never Fear 33 Is Here wrote:
walkingart wrote:Phonetically speaking, it makes the pronunciation of his name easier, for those out there who don't know who he is. It is most likely a marketing move by him. If he can make himself known by one name world wide, like Kobe, it would be huge for him.


So does it sound any different now?

I have always said it like such A-mar-re. But have also heard it said A-mar-ray.

Of course I need to get it right for my job and don't wanna sound like a twat..... :lol:


I can't believe I am commenting on this twice....his name was pronounced Ah-mar-ee before the name change; but like you have heard it end with a strong A sound as well. I can only assume that he is trying to clarify its pronunciation.

And other than that, I could not care less. To be completely honest, I feel as if I lost far too many brain cells and IQ points by commenting on this topic, not once, but twice.

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