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#284036 06/10/08 04:46 PM
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Hello -

I have a really lame question - how does one pronounce Ambergris? I heard the accent is on the middle syllable and knowing this was a British colony, I would not think the "gris" would be like "gree" in French. Is it atually "gris" as in like "this"? Lame I know but I am just that way! Thanks!


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I found a map from 1700 that spelled it Ambergreef K.
but the map maker misspelled a lot of things
I think its amber gris to most like your saying, "this gris amber gris.
Its the excrement of an infirm whale, an accumulation of things he couldn't digest and vomited up as a rosegrayish watermelon sized lump of 'amber gris'that floats and washed up ashore here enough to get the name when there where wales.
thats my story and i'm sticking to it


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My dictionary shows the pronunciation as amber-grees. Dictionary.com has it both amber-grees and amber-gris. Neither show an emphasis.

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Hey Elbert-

Thanks for the reply! I am always the gullible one but I am going to trust your answer - that is a trip!!!! Yum - what a find!

Fellow readers - have you heard this also?

And is the accent on the BER? Sorry I'm so OCD!! Thanks...


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I really love how helpful you guys are! Thanks!


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AM...burrr..griss

Use the search - this has been discussed before.


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//ambergriscaye.com/fieldguide/history2.html
scroll way down to the very bottom of the page.


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I pronounce it par-uh-dahys! wink


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F-U-N with the accent on fun...

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I always say pair-a-dice!
Hey, didn't we do this before?


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