Naomi: how is it pronounced?

[Tom Zurinskas]

from w-m.com for "Isreal" I hear ~Izreeyool, where ~yool rhymes with "wool".
Main Entry:Is·ra·el
Pronunciation:\ˈiz-rē-əl, -(ˌ)rā- also ˈis- or ˈiz-rəl\

In m-w.com I hear the y glide for "Naomi" as well ~Naeyyoemee.  The double yy in truespel shows stress on the next vowel.
Main Entry:Na·o·mi
Pronunciation:\nā-ˈō-mē\

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
see truespel.com













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> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 21:01:51 -0500
> From: jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA
> Subject: Re: Naomi: how is it pronounced?
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: James Harbeck
> Subject: Re: Naomi: how is it pronounced?
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> My niece is named Naomi, and I hear both [nej o mi] and [naj o mi] --
> in fact, even from her immediate family. But [nej o mi] is preferred
> there, as is the case with some other Naomis I've known. I wouldn't
> go so far as to think either pronunciation wrong, however (it's like
> the question we always ask in the choir when we have to sing the word
> Israel: Is it [iz rej El] or [iz raj El] this time? Since it's choral
> singing it's never [iz ri El] as many of us would normally speak it).
>
> James Harbeck.
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