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How do you pronounce these 'dam ship names?
in Holland America Line
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Being a Canadian of Dutch heritage, I might be able to answer your question - I only hope that you'll understand my attempts at phonetic spelling:
Maasdam - maz' dam - it's a short a sound and the s is more like a z
Volendam - vole' en' dam - it's a long o sound
In both cases the accent is on the first syllable - no matter what the crew will know what you're talking about