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Help[Opinions] I am nay-O-mee...
in reply to a message by BrittneyD
But, as many people have different accents and abilities, I answer to anything remotely like it.
Some people will always pronounce it nye-O-mee and can't tell that it's not nay-OH-mee. I hate 'nye-O-mee', it sounds nasal to me, I suppose because it sounds like a cop-out making it a higher vowel after the nasal 'n'. I suppose 'nye' sounds trendy, along with Ty, Jai and Riley (tye, jye and rye-lee...
Japanese will pronounce it 'now-mee', like how Array explained.
There's been many a 'nah-oh-mee' too (mostly by Asian language speakers like Singaporeans and Chinese), though if I remember correctly this is also the Hebrew pronounciation.
There's even a Naomi 'nay-O-mie' that I once met. Her parents acknowledged that we had the same name, but that they simply pronounced it differently.
I get 'NO-mee' from children, not intentionally (I suppose it's the combination of two diphthongs one after the other with just nasals that make it difficult for young chilren to pronounce). Though a Japanese girl I once knew always called me this because she was trying to say it my way instead of 'Japan-ising' it.
I have only been asked once if I prefer 'nay-O-mee' or 'NAY-o-mee' (in England, so not my homeland of Australia).
But the commonly assumed pronounciation (that I have experienced) is 'nay-O-mee', and every other Naomi I have met is 'nay-O-mee'. Though individuals in the media and such can mispronouce it (by not pronouncing it the bearers preferred way).
Some people will always pronounce it nye-O-mee and can't tell that it's not nay-OH-mee. I hate 'nye-O-mee', it sounds nasal to me, I suppose because it sounds like a cop-out making it a higher vowel after the nasal 'n'. I suppose 'nye' sounds trendy, along with Ty, Jai and Riley (tye, jye and rye-lee...
Japanese will pronounce it 'now-mee', like how Array explained.
There's been many a 'nah-oh-mee' too (mostly by Asian language speakers like Singaporeans and Chinese), though if I remember correctly this is also the Hebrew pronounciation.
There's even a Naomi 'nay-O-mie' that I once met. Her parents acknowledged that we had the same name, but that they simply pronounced it differently.
I get 'NO-mee' from children, not intentionally (I suppose it's the combination of two diphthongs one after the other with just nasals that make it difficult for young chilren to pronounce). Though a Japanese girl I once knew always called me this because she was trying to say it my way instead of 'Japan-ising' it.
I have only been asked once if I prefer 'nay-O-mee' or 'NAY-o-mee' (in England, so not my homeland of Australia).
But the commonly assumed pronounciation (that I have experienced) is 'nay-O-mee', and every other Naomi I have met is 'nay-O-mee'. Though individuals in the media and such can mispronouce it (by not pronouncing it the bearers preferred way).
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