Thursday, May 05, 2005, 21:32 GMT
I'm wondering how people pronounce the name (or the crackers) 'Graham'. For me, it rhymes with gram, but there seems to be several ways to pronounce it.
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Graham
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 21:32 GMT
I'm wondering how people pronounce the name (or the crackers) 'Graham'. For me, it rhymes with gram, but there seems to be several ways to pronounce it.
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 21:37 GMT
I pronounce it /gr{m/, like you.
In other words, I could measure an object's mass in kiloGrahams, milliGrahams, etc. ;-)
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 21:40 GMT
I always thought it was gray-ehm, but hey, I am Norwegian!
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 21:43 GMT
Don't worry Fredrik, both pronunciations are widely used. In fact I think the "more correct" pronunciation would probably be Gray-um as opposed to Gram.
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 21:44 GMT
I am very relieved!
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 21:46 GMT
Hmm, I just looked up "Graham" on an online dictionary, and they listed one of the pronunciations as /gr{@m/, which I suppose could be realized as /gr{:m/ - a nice compromise between Grayum and Gram.
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 21:48 GMT
I pronounce it the same way as "gram."
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 22:01 GMT
I say Gray-um (um is schwaed though)
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 22:32 GMT
I say Gray-um as well (schwaed as well). I had a close friend in school called like that. That was back in Sydney and Frances is from Adelaide.
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 22:35 GMT
From Ad-laide :)
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 22:38 GMT
From Seed-nee ;-)
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 22:44 GMT
how about Juan Antonio - "and the winner is...Seeden-ee, Australia!" :)
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 23:09 GMT
"Graham" and "gram" are homophones for me too.
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 23:22 GMT
I too also pronounce "graham" and "gram" both as /gr{m/ --> [gr\{~:m].
Thursday, May 05, 2005, 23:33 GMT
All this talk about "Graham" reminds me of the little graham crackers covered in cinnamon I used to eat as a little kid. Random thought...are those common in other countries or is that a particularly American thing?
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