Naomi: how is it pronounced?

Benjamin Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Sun Feb 8 03:31:57 UTC 2009


They're spelled the same way, so I try to remember to ask :) BB

On Feb 7, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Barbara Need wrote:

> Well, that's a different name, right?
>
> Barbara
>
> On 7 Feb 2009, at 5:33 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>
>> I do, too, though I use nah OH mee for the Japanese name. BB
>>
>> On Feb 7, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Barbara Need wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I have a preference for your version, though the other doesn't sound
>>> bad. (On the other hand, I could be kidding myself!)
>>>
>>> Barbara
>>>
>>> Barbara Need
>>> Chicago
>>>
>>> On 7 Feb 2009, at 4:32 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wils: Why are they (Cleveland) pronouncing it that way?
>>>>
>>>> Wife (Wilkes-Barre): What way?
>>>>
>>>> Wils: [naj 'o mi].
>>>>
>>>> Wife: That's the right way. Why? What do you think it is?
>>>>
>>>> Wils: "Think"? I *know* that it's [nej 'o mi].
>>>>
>>>> Wife: I've never heard it pronounced that way before, in my life.
>>>>
>>>> Wils: Well, I've heard [naj 'o mi] before, here and there. But, of
>>>> course, the correct pronunciation is [nej 'o mi].
>>>>
>>>> Wife: You're just messing with me, right? N-A-O-M-I? It's [naj 'o
>>>> mi].
>>>> Nobody says [nej 'o mi].
>
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