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grapefruit / 4584 posts
Gram unless I was in the Southeast. A family friend's dog is Graham (named after the town in NC) and she says Grey-am but that's just her accent!
pomegranate / 3113 posts
I think I pronounce it somewhere in between -- sort of like gram but with a soft double syllable. So, gra-am where the dash is just a very quick break in the "a" sound...if that makes sense.
nectarine / 2220 posts
@PurplePeony: I was going to say exactly the same. I definitely don't say it Gram, but nothing as obvious as the pronunciation in the video. It's just like a subtle e sound before the am.
nectarine / 2028 posts
I have a friend who lives in Australia, and her dad's name was Graeme-it was the first time I'd heard it pronounced Gray-em instead of like the cracker. However, friends of ours in Chicago refer to their Graham as Gray-em...even though we all call him Gram (like the cracker). Very interesting!
grapefruit / 4819 posts
I say gram, because I'm American and that's how we say it, but every time I have ever had to say the name in Australia or the UK, I have been made fun of beyond belief! DH and several of my English friends regularly tease me about it. I am working on saying Gray-um but it still sounds so awkward so I try to avoid saying it as much as possible!
cherry / 203 posts
I pronounce it Gram, but have heard it prpronounced gray-ham when travelling abroad (Mexico, southeast Asia)
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
Gram, I'm in the Midwest, only way I've heard it pronounced.
pomegranate / 3411 posts
Gray-ahm. But only since i dated someone with that name and his mom was British and he insisted Gram was wrong and would get upset if i pronounced his name wrong! Before that i used to say Gram.
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