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I've been wondering how English/American people would pronounce the name Naemi (which is known in Germany). In German it's pronounced Nah-AY-mee, sort of.
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I live in the US and at first glance I pronouced it nay-EM-ee
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This name is used in Sweden and not very rare. We pr. it NYE-mee.
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I think that if most English speakers were confronted with this spelling and asked to guess the pronunciation with no other information, they would probably say "NAME-ee", with the first syllable just like the word "name".
However, most would also see this as a "foreign" spelling and could probably quickly learn to say nah-AY-mee if the German pronunciation was explained to them.
However, most would also see this as a "foreign" spelling and could probably quickly learn to say nah-AY-mee if the German pronunciation was explained to them.
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