POEM

lordsox   Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:03 am GMT
What is the correct pronunciation of POEM, i heard few people calling it
"pom" and few with " po-yem"
Franco   Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:19 am GMT
It is dependent on whence you hail.
Lazar   Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:15 pm GMT
I pronounce it /"po.@m/, or "Poe-um", and a closely related version of this would be /"po.Im/, or "Poe-im". I've heard some people say it /"pom/ "pome", and m-w.com lists some other ones like /"pOIm/ "poym" and /"po.Em/ "Poe-em".

But are you sure about "po-yem"? This would be something like /"po.j@m/ or /"pOI.@m/, which I've never heard of.
lordsox   Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:21 pm GMT
>>But are you sure about "po-yem"? This would be something like /"po.j@m/ or /"pOI.@m/, which I've never heard of.<<


as franco said ! It is dependent on whence you hail.

i heard it a lot of time

and people still em confuse about the correct one !
help !