{"id":138149,"date":"2015-06-20T20:15:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T03:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=138149"},"modified":"2015-06-20T20:43:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T03:43:04","slug":"michael-andrew-gives-media-a-pronunciation-guide-on-adidas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michael-andrew-gives-media-a-pronunciation-guide-on-adidas\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Andrew Gives Media a Pronunciation Guide on “adidas”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael Andrew<\/strong>, who recently signed with adidas as the second American to sign behind Allison Schmitt<\/a>, took plenty of time out to explain how to properly pronounce “adidas” from a foreign standpoint.<\/p>\n

The pronunciation, as one can hear in this video, is much different than the Americanized pronunciation of the brand that has stood in the U.S. since Run DMC first made it a national brand back in 1986 with the rap song entitled My Adidas<\/em>.<\/p>\n