Why "Amar'e"

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  1. Ed O

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    OK, so his legal name is "Amaré". With the accent.

    Why, though, does it have that accent?

    Does he pronounce his name "ah-mah-RAY"?

    Can I legally change my name to include a special character, too?

    E%d O.
     
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    cracka azz cracka with your racist posts!
     
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    Why "LaMarcus"? Was his mom hoping for a girl? Why not "ElMarcus" or "LeMarcus"?
     
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    I wonder if I can legally change my first initial to always be in red.

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    LaMarcus is Spanish for "The Marcus". I hear you on the girl thing, though.

    Maybe she just wanted him to be LaMarcus.
     
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    If you do, the "O" should probably be purple. You know, so it matches the avatar.
     
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    Yeah, but La is the feminine adjective, El is the masculine one. I really don't think that is a factor in non-Spanish-speaking people in naming their kids though...
     
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    Not in french though, right?
     
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    Because we have to be able to tell the difference between him and Marcus Camby. We have Marcus. And then we have LaMarcus!:NOTMARIS:
     
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    Maybe it was just to keep teachers from calling him a female horse?
     
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    I'm guessing too many people made the 'e' silent when he was growing up. I'm not really sure UH-MAR-EE is much better than UH-MAR though.
     
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    It's all just silliness, and looks even more ridiculous when media outlets put the ' before the e to simulate an e with an accent.

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    I realize the difference between "el" and "la". I was joking.

    I'm guessing his parents liked the name LaMarcus, so they named him LaMarcus. :cheers:
     
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    it's just his name. i don't see the big deal.

    now when people are named things like la-a(pronounced ladasha), that is just silliness.
     
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    Now, can somebody explain to me why Antawn Jamison's first name is pronounced the same as Antoine?
     
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    I'm surprised nobody has brought up Dwyane Wade yet... I feel sorry for him every time I see the name.
     
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