Why can't anyone pronounce the name Naomi correctly?

[pugsonthemoon]

Where do people get the NEYE-oh-mee pronunciation from? It's NAY-oh-mee, or NOW-me if you're Japanese.. The letter "i" is at the end out the name, not the beginning. Never name your kid Naomi. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate my name. This is just a massive pet peeve of mine and I have no idea where people get that pronunciation from.

[Trav1sty]

The original hebrew name is pronounced more similarly to nye-oh-mee. That is why.

[pugsonthemoon]

Originally posted by GearBox:

The original hebrew name is pronounced more similarly to nye-oh-mee. That is why.

I've never met anyone named Naomi who pronounces it like that.

What I don't understand is why John pronounces it both ways. He pronounces it one way at the border and the other way during another interaction.

[Quarren King of Q]

Originally posted by pugsonthemoon:

Where do people get the NEYE-oh-mee pronunciation from? It's NAY-oh-mee, or NOW-me if you're Japanese.. The letter "i" is at the end out the name, not the beginning. Never name your kid Naomi. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate my name. This is just a massive pet peeve of mine and I have no idea where people get that pronunciation from.

i love your name. i also appreciate japanese certain cultures on personal health, also the fact that relationships are more taken seriously there.

[Quarren King of Q]

Originally posted by pugsonthemoon:

Originally posted by GearBox:

The original hebrew name is pronounced more similarly to nye-oh-mee. That is why.

I've never met anyone named Naomi who pronounces it like that.

What I don't understand is why John pronounces it both ways. He pronounces it one way at the border and the other way during another interaction.

bad direction of voice acting. indie game most likely. the guy from another country was likely not told. and had to improvise wiht limited budget and time

[libertasgrace]

This reminds me of one of the old Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films, specifically The Pearl of Death (loosely based off The Adventure of the Six Napoleons.) Holmes and the bad guy kept pronouncing Naomi as NAM-EE. Never understood that.