Naomi: how is it pronounced?

[Barbara Need]

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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