languageartslady Posted October 20, 2012 #1 Share Posted October 20, 2012 But I have wondered. This is my first time sailing on HAL. Are the ship's names pronounced "dam" like a beaver's dam or "dam" like Dom like the fancy booze? Just wondering... don't want to sound like a first-timer (even if I am one!) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oofroggie Posted October 20, 2012 #2 Share Posted October 20, 2012 dam as in beaver dam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
languageartslady Posted October 20, 2012 Author #3 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Thank you! That was fast! Getting close now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakrewser Posted October 20, 2012 #4 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Or as in "Those DAM ships!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvguy1 Posted October 20, 2012 #5 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Dam. They are affectionedly know as "Those Dam Ships" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceLoveCruise Posted October 20, 2012 #6 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Hey Languageartslady!! You're on my DAM ship! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted October 20, 2012 #7 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Have you joined your WesterDAM Roll Call to meet other DAM cruisers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted October 20, 2012 #8 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Here's the pronounciation guide Copper10-8 provided some time ago. It looks like Westerdam is one of the easier ones overall: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=5911663&postcount=9 Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper1 Posted October 20, 2012 #9 Share Posted October 20, 2012 English speakers will use "dam" but if you listen closely, the Dutch officers will say "dohm" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boytjie Posted October 20, 2012 #10 Share Posted October 20, 2012 English speakers will use "dam" but if you listen closely, the Dutch officers will say "dohm" To me it sounds almost like 'dumb'. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superoma Posted October 20, 2012 #11 Share Posted October 20, 2012 To me it sounds almost like 'dumb'. :) That is probably the best "sounding out" way to describe "dam" - the a is short in Dutch (and German) whereas when English speakers say dam the a is a long sound. Not much of a problem as long as I am on a "dam" ship!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyk47 Posted October 20, 2012 #12 Share Posted October 20, 2012 English speakers will use "dam" but if you listen closely, the Dutch officers will say "dohm" I guess because I started cruising with Holland America just a couple of years after returning from living and working in Germany for several years I defaulted to the Dutch "dohm" pronunciation rather than the English "dam". However, when I say things like "All Holland America ship names end in "dam"." I pronounce it like the English. If asked what was my first Holland America ship I say the Ryndam which I pronounce "Rhine-dohm", not "Rhine-dam". Hmmmm...... :o:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal lover Posted October 20, 2012 #13 Share Posted October 20, 2012 For me I have always pronounced it "dohm". Either way, I love those dolm or dam ships! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper1 Posted October 20, 2012 #14 Share Posted October 20, 2012 To me it sounds almost like 'dumb'. :) I think we were both going for the same sound.---Just spelling it differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper1 Posted October 20, 2012 #15 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I guess because I started cruising with Holland America just a couple of years after returning from living and working in Germany for several years I defaulted to the Dutch "dohm" pronunciation rather than the English "dam". However, when I say things like "All Holland America ship names end in "dam"." I pronounce it like the English. If asked what was my first Holland America ship I say the Ryndam which I pronounce "Rhine-dohm", not "Rhine-dam". Hmmmm...... :o:) I spent two years in Germany in my early teens and to this day still use German pronunciation and European spelling for cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
languageartslady Posted October 20, 2012 Author #16 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I was pronouncing it like "dohm," but can switch to Dam! I AM on the same Dam ship, PeaceLoveCruise! Hooray for the Dam ship! :) I will go and study up on all the pronunciations so I'll be ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted October 20, 2012 #17 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I guess because I started cruising with Holland America just a couple of years after returning from living and working in Germany for several years I defaulted to the Dutch "dohm" pronunciation rather than the English "dam". However, when I say things like "All Holland America ship names end in "dam"." I pronounce it like the English. If asked what was my first Holland America ship I say the Ryndam which I pronounce "Rhine-dohm", not "Rhine-dam". Hmmmm...... :o:) ....Yet I've heard Dutch Officers refer to Ryndam as "Rheeeen dohm". They don't say Rhine the way we who have English as our first language do. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyk47 Posted October 21, 2012 #18 Share Posted October 21, 2012 ....Yet I've heard Dutch Officers refer to Ryndam as "Rheeeen dohm". They don't say Rhine the way we who have English as our first language do. :o The Germans pronounce it "Rhine" not "Rheen", most probably a difference between German and Dutch. Of course, then again I'm used to mostly one dialect, one of the more or less seven major branches and not the branch that is most closely related to Dutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceLoveCruise Posted October 21, 2012 #19 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Tomato....tomahhhhhto! Potato....potahhhhhto! Let's just get on the Dahm Ship, Dam...it! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boytjie Posted October 21, 2012 #20 Share Posted October 21, 2012 ....Yet I've heard Dutch Officers refer to Ryndam as "Rheeeen dohm". They don't say Rhine the way we who have English as our first language do. :o Or maybe "Rain-dumb"? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon1 Posted October 21, 2012 #21 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I've always heard them referred to as DAM ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseWhere Posted October 22, 2012 #22 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I'm a "dohm" girl myself! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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