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Ephraim

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17caterpillars1mouse · 24/08/2018 20:02

How would you pronounce it?

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Amaaboutthis · 31/08/2018 18:15

Ef-rye-im is the only way I’ve heard it said

Kripton · 30/08/2018 15:40

Pretty much every poster has given a different pronunciation!

WhyIsntGeorgeCalledPeterOrPaul · 30/08/2018 01:39

I've only known one and he was Eff-rum (rum pronounced kind of like room in a SE england accent). A schwa, I think it's called.

moredoll · 30/08/2018 00:23

Eff ray im.
But I don't like it, sorry.

Bubblysqueak · 29/08/2018 18:05

Is it like Efren ?

Gushpanka · 29/08/2018 16:58

Ef-Ray-Im

EthelThePiratesDaughter · 29/08/2018 16:56

I know an Ephrem who is Eff-rem. So definitely Eff, but maybe rah-eem?

Dollymixture22 · 29/08/2018 00:10

There was an epfraim in an American show is used to watch. Eff ram was how they pronounced it.

Was called everwood. Dreadful show!!

RoomWithALoon · 28/08/2018 16:44

EFF-ram.

TellMeAFable · 26/08/2018 21:52

Eff-Rum

No idea.

CarrieErbag · 25/08/2018 15:49

Eef-rum.

bridgetreilly · 25/08/2018 15:46

E-frame is how it's usually pronounced in the UK, and Eff-rame in the US.

MrsBonnie · 25/08/2018 15:42

Eef-rum for sure! If you’re going by the biblical way.

TheVanguardSix · 25/08/2018 15:12

Efrem or Ephrem is the more used alternative- same name, just a different spelling. A little bit more ‘user friendly’.

Joseph is much better.
Or Abraham/Avram if you’re into something similar.

Northumberlandlass · 25/08/2018 15:07

Eff-ram - that’s how Babs says it on Hello Dolly....

MikeUniformMike · 25/08/2018 15:06

I'd guess it was Eff-rame, but I used the Welsh pronunciation.

Sessy19 · 25/08/2018 14:05

I do know an Efraim and he pronounces it EFF-rum

MikeUniformMike · 25/08/2018 13:56

Eff-rime

Sophronia · 24/08/2018 23:00

Eff rum

Lucylookingforhelp · 24/08/2018 21:29

E-frame

piglet81 · 24/08/2018 21:28

Eef-r'm (unspecified vowel sound there!) because I've only encountered one and that's how he pronounced it.

dmvnqpkejnvejrfnpwdkfjvn · 24/08/2018 21:05

Ee frame

BigGlasses · 24/08/2018 20:54

My great uncle was an Ephraim ( or possibly Ephriam) and I remember it was pronounced EF-ri-ham with the stress on first. Or some times F-ram. Mostly he was called uncle ef. He hated his name.

Quangot · 24/08/2018 20:35

E frame.

ThanksItHasPockets · 24/08/2018 20:28

Eff-rime, second syllable to rhyme with ‘time’.

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