Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Naomi is a Samoan Name

I've taken to introducing myself as Nah-omi. As opposed to my usual NAY-omi. Rhymes with FA-omi...as in the musical note FA. It is a common Samoan name, and that is the proper pronunciation in Japanese too. So it isn't a stretch. And the local people love it. They always tell me that their wife, cousin, sister, etc is Naomi! Or the ferry. Or Ruth's sister. Cool.

2 comments:

Jo said...

Nah, you're still Nay to me. ;)

Lynne said...

You never did care how people pronounce your name.... right Noam?

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