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[Opinions] Re: Jorma
by mafiosa
12/9/2008, 3:37 PM
in reply to a message by Molly_Heidi
I assume it's pronounced YOR-mah?! I don't really like it. It seems so feminine, though I guess that would be different if you live in Finland. Anywhere else, it would probably also cause problems with pronunciation.
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- Molly_Heidi (guest)   +3
12/9/2008, 3:40 PM
Oh, hm.. I was pronouncing it with a "J" but the "Y" makes more sense now that I think about it.
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
12/10/2008, 8:02 AM
In spite of the original Finnish pronunciation, I would bet that the biggest number of Americans who have heard of this name know it because of the Weather Channel reporter Jorma Duran, and they always pronounce his first name with the English J- on that TV network:http://www.weather.com/tv/personalities/Jorma-Duran.html
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- Marija Luminitsa
12/9/2008, 10:14 PM
It is pronounced YOR-ma in Finnish. You can listen to it here:http://www.sci.fi/~kajun/finns/male.htm
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- Jessica (LivingForHim)
12/9/2008, 5:03 PM
It does make sense to pronounce it YOR-ma, but it being a form of Jeremiah makes me think it is pronounced JOR-ma.
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