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  • Ham-ick

    174 49.57%
  • Ham-auck

    75 21.37%
  • Ham-mik

    59 16.81%
  • Him-mock

    10 2.85%
  • Other?

    33 9.40%
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    Definitely hamik,
    stress on the first syllable,
    and the second vowel is just a nothing of a sound, barely even a "schwa" (i.e.the unstressed sound like the "a" of "about").
    It's almost hamk.

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    Tomato, tomato...hey wait that doesn’t make any sense now that I typed it out.

    I say ham-ick, and my father says ham-hock ( and laughs every time).
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrClean417 View Post
    Hamick in Kansas where I grew up. have heard -ock before but rarely.
    Perhaps my central PA : Hem-ick / he-am-ick is influenced by my hammock loving Kansas father.

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    I say Ha-mick

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    Ham-ick ... because it's simple, smooth and easy ... but according to the dictionary types ... I "be wrong"

    Merriam-Webster Pronunciation

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    It's "Ham-mick".
    What do those folks at Websters know anyway? (They probably sleep in tents, when they go "hike-in" and "camp-in"). And let's not even get started on the fact that there's actually only one "p" in "Punk-in".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bomber View Post
    I say "Hængekøje"!...... But that is of course on danish. In English i say "Ha-mock" kind a like Amok!
    +1 on that Bomber - although sometimes even the Danish language causes me problems

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2new2hang View Post
    It's "Ham-mick".
    What do those folks at Websters know anyway? (They probably sleep in tents, when they go "hike-in" and "camp-in"). And let's not even get started on the fact that there's actually only one "p" in "Punk-in".
    HA! In my less than perfect Karl Childers voice "I like the way you talk!"

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    I say Ham-mik most of the time. It fluctuates with my mood i guess. I do make the double m sound though. I don't mind leaving off a letter at the end of the word (hike-in) but please don't leave out the 'L' in wolf... it drives me nuts.

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    I have decided this is how it kinda sounds when I say it...Haam-ock, once again being from the south I'm sure what i think it sounds like and what it actually sounds like is completely different. Around here a gud ole suthen gentelmaan, has no need for tha letta "r" in most words.... and lots of long aaaaa's.

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