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HelpRe: Naomi what pron. is better?
in reply to a message by ADT
I say nye-OH-mee. I think that sounds better when called out. Even though that pronunciation shouldn't make sense to me, like Rox says. I guess it's true... like in what other word it is the letter a said like a long-i? I can't think of one... But something about the nay-o-mee pronunciation feels like I'm putting on airs, like I'm trying to be fancy. Like an American mom insisting their Clara is CLAW-ra, not CLAIR-uh.
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For pronunciation, how about Sinai? OK, it's a desert; but in UK and SA English, Isaiah is eyeZEYEa and in the States I think eyeZAYa; dunno which way you jump in Canada!
We say nayOHmi here, but then we also say CLAHra - Afrikaans is a link to Dutch, German etc pronunciations and when I met my first CLAIRa I nearly tipped over. Her parents explained that they couldn't choose between Clare and Sarah, so they did a merger. They were British, fwiw.
We say nayOHmi here, but then we also say CLAHra - Afrikaans is a link to Dutch, German etc pronunciations and when I met my first CLAIRa I nearly tipped over. Her parents explained that they couldn't choose between Clare and Sarah, so they did a merger. They were British, fwiw.
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Nay-OH-mee is what comes out of my mouth.I just know one person called that, a young girl about age 13. Naomi Parise, isn't that pretty? :-)
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I've always thought of Naomi as being pronounced nye-OH-mee (or nie-O-mee, same thing) and on the few occasions when I had reason to say the name (back when we had a cleaning lady with the name, as stated), that's how I said it. My entire family back then called her nye-OH-mee. That's what trips off my tongue. But just now out of curiosity, I asked three people who are in the room with me how they pronounce Naomi and they all said nay-O-mee. Huh.
I think that nye-O-mee is prettier in any case.
I think that nye-O-mee is prettier in any case.
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Me too, I find the nie-o-mee prn. much prettier than nay-o-me, which sounds harsh and old to me. I'm curious now too if I'm the only one who says it that way... I'll have to ask my friends how they say it.
It makes sense that you prefer nie-o-mee if that's how your cleaning lady Naomi said it. But I've never known a Naomi so I don't know where I picked that pronunciation up.
It makes sense that you prefer nie-o-mee if that's how your cleaning lady Naomi said it. But I've never known a Naomi so I don't know where I picked that pronunciation up.
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I have only heard of Naomi being pronounced nie-o-mee.... and yes, it's much prettier to me.
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