{"id":16563,"date":"2024-04-05T13:55:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=16563"},"modified":"2024-04-05T13:55:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:55:47","slug":"baby-naming-issue-the-pronunciation-of-salome-salome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2024\/04\/05\/baby-naming-issue-the-pronunciation-of-salome-salome\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Naming Issue: The Pronunciation of Salom\u00e9\/Salome"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>We\u2019re a French American couple and both like the name Salom\u00e9. As accents cannot be printed on most documents, we\u2019re concerned about whether people will be familiar with the name or get it wrong all the time. We\u2019re also wondering the pronunciations we can expect without the accent?<br \/>\nThank you all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh! This is especially fun because I am only slightly familiar with the name: I have never encountered a Salom\u00e9 in person, or in a way where I would have heard it pronounced (e.g., on a character in a television show). Before I look it up, I will make note of my first guesses. I know it makes no sense, but it&#8217;s a data point: even WITH the accent mark, I somehow first read it sah-LOME. Then I noticed the accent, and my second attempt was sal-oh-may.<\/p>\n<p>I looked it up online and found some helpful guides that would read it out loud for me, the first of which aligned closely with my second guess: they spelled it out as sal-uh-may, and said it with more uh than oh, but very similar.<\/p>\n<p>The second link pronounced it sah-LOH-mee, which&#8230;can that be right? Like the word salami, but with a LOH instead of a LAH?<\/p>\n<p>The third link pronounced it SAL-oh-mee. Same sounds, different emphasis.<\/p>\n<p>Well. My guess is that this will be a name that will be mispronounced fairly often, if so many internet sources have different ideas even about how it SHOULD be pronounced. But I further guess that although people may stumble when they first encounter it, they will quickly learn it. My own favorite pronunciation is sal-uh-may.<\/p>\n<p>Commenters: If you have not encountered the name in person before, how did you initially think it was pronounced? If you HAVE encountered it in person before, how did that person pronounce it? Would it throw you off if you encountered the name in writing but without the accent mark?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re a French American couple and both like the name Salom\u00e9. As accents cannot be printed on most documents, we\u2019re concerned about whether people will be familiar with the name or get it wrong all the time. We\u2019re also wondering the pronunciations we can expect without the accent? Thank you all. &nbsp; Oh! 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