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[Facts] Re: Salome
The original English pronunciation of this name was as this site says, but there have been many Americans who used the two-syllable "sa-LOAM" pronunciation during the 19th century, just as it used to be more common in the USA for Zoe to be rhymed with "toe" than with "Joey". SAL-oh-may was originally the French or German pronunciation (and the spelling is Salomé in French). Believe it or not, Wilde originally wrote this play in French, not English, and most of his sources were French or German, so it's no surprise that he preferred SA-lo-may as the pronunciation.
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French pronunciation of SaloméIn French, all words has the stress in last syllable (this stress is not as strong as in languages with mobile stress, as Spanish or Catalan, e.g.). So, Salomé is pronounced sah-loh-MEH.Lumia
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