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Straw Poll - How would you pronounce the name Esme?

107 replies

SweetEm · 11/01/2009 20:32

My dd is called Esme (we don't bother with the acute accent). I pronounce it "Ez-me" but she is always getting "Ez-may". I know both ways are valid pronunciations. Just wondered whether I was in the minority/majority.

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ScottishMummy · 11/01/2009 21:15

essss-may soft ssss emphasis

seeker · 11/01/2009 21:13

My dd's friend hates Ez-me, and only likes Es-may!

CatchaStar · 11/01/2009 21:12

Ez-may

LiffeyMermaid · 11/01/2009 21:11

Ez Mee. A lof of people think it's French, because it sounds French, but it's not used in France.

It was first used in Scotland as a feminine form of Edmond or a short form for Edwina.

Just because a name sounds French doesn't MAKE it French, but lots of people have over the years got carried away and thrown an accent on it.

Their perogative if it's their daughter of course!! But, origins aren't French.

SoLongMarianne · 11/01/2009 20:50

Ez mee

forkhandles · 11/01/2009 20:50

I say Ez-may

DandyLioness · 11/01/2009 20:47

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MaryAnnSingleton · 11/01/2009 20:46

no no no, it's Es-mee !!!!

faeriemoo · 11/01/2009 20:45

Ezmay

PestoMonster · 11/01/2009 20:44

Ezz-may

HeinzSight · 11/01/2009 20:44

Ez May

TheOtherMaryPoppinsDiets · 11/01/2009 20:43

Ezz-may

paolosgirl · 11/01/2009 20:43

Ez-mee - unless it had an accent acute and then I would pronounce it Ez-may

Cies · 11/01/2009 20:43

I'd say Ez May.

noonki · 11/01/2009 20:43

Es mee

went to school with one down south

the one I know up north is an Esmay

so may be regional

dinkymum · 11/01/2009 20:42

Ez-mee

EsmeWeatherwax · 11/01/2009 20:39

Ez-meh, probably.

TheFallenMadonna · 11/01/2009 20:39

I would say Ez-may

MaryAnnSingleton · 11/01/2009 20:39

my friend's dd is Esme and it's pronounced Es-Mee

Egg · 11/01/2009 20:39

I would say Ez-mee.

fryalot · 11/01/2009 20:38

I knew someone called Esme and she pronounced it Ez-Mee but it sounded more like Ez-Mi

annasmami · 11/01/2009 20:37

I wouldn't say the -me as mee but rather as meh (as if there was an accent acute on it)

Smithagain · 11/01/2009 20:37

Ez-mee

firstontheway · 11/01/2009 20:36

I've always heard it as Ez-may myself

MrsArchieTheInventor · 11/01/2009 20:36

I always thought it was Ez-may