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MosheFeingold

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33. Easy

Reply to trof (Original post)

Wed Sep 2, 2015, 11:19 AM

Sep 2015

I'd pronounce it:

יְהוֹיָקִי

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How would you pronounce "Joachim"? [View all] trof Aug 2015 OP

wah-keem is how I would. uppityperson Aug 2015 #1

Yo Aw Kim Blue Owl Aug 2015 #2

+1 n/t trackfan Sep 2015 #10

Wah-keem. Still In Wisconsin Aug 2015 #3

Although my in-laws, I'm sure, would say "Joe-ah-chimm" Still In Wisconsin Aug 2015 #4

Here's a YouTube guide to pronouncing "Joachim" Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #5

do you have to say it 3 times? Enrique Aug 2015 #6

I'm not sure that's such a good idea pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #7

ha good point Enrique Aug 2015 #8

I offer no opinion, just fact DFW Aug 2015 #9

lol! treestar Sep 2015 #13

Ray-gun ailsagirl Sep 2015 #16

It's the name of one of the pillars at the entrance to the Temple of Solomon Xipe Totec Sep 2015 #19

Throat Warbler Mangrove First Speaker Sep 2015 #11

lol treestar Sep 2015 #14

Well, In Arcanum it's pronounced "Wah-keem." malthaussen Sep 2015 #12

I would pronounce it with the Mexican "J" sound lunatica Sep 2015 #15

That's the correct pronunciation. Breathy Hwah keem. Short keem, not drawn out. underahedgerow Sep 2015 #25

that's how I pronounce the 1st syllable too. The "chim" is more of a "keem" magical thyme Sep 2015 #28

Howa-kim Xyzse Sep 2015 #17

Just say Joe. nt clarice Sep 2015 #18

Growing up mostly in the San Joaquin Valley mackerel Sep 2015 #20

Gag me with a spoon! pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #24

Detroit area has streets pronounced this way ... kwassa Sep 2015 #21

In the northeast we have some good ones too: redwitch Sep 2015 #34

WE have a BER-lin in CT too... CTyankee Sep 2015 #37

Never thought of Gratiot that way Cal Carpenter Sep 2015 #36

a youtube primer Tom Kitten Sep 2015 #22

"Dude" pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #23

How do you pronounce Houston? PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #26

Named after different people with different pronunciations of the name pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #27

I lived for a few years on Houston street in the Village in NYC. CTyankee Sep 2015 #38

Yuck'-eem JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #29

It's regional. When in Rome, you know. Here in Maine... mainer Sep 2015 #30

Don't the British pronounce the French city "Callous"? CTyankee Sep 2015 #39

We have a Joachim in the office dr.strangelove Sep 2015 #31

Yokum. eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #32

Easy MosheFeingold Sep 2015 #33

Thankyou. Always nice to hear from the Klingons. pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #35

Joachim up before you go-go / Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo Special Prosciuto Sep 2015 #40