Tab-ram or Tay-brum

[Dusty Miller]

How do you pronounce Martha Tabram's name?

[jachim3926]

'Tabrum'. Us English have a tendency to clip syllables, but this might be more pronounced in the south of the UK. I'm sure that others will give you a different interpretation. Regional, and city accents can be diverse and very
confusing,
Cheers,
Merv.

[Sam Flynn]

'Tabrum'. Us English have a tendency to clip syllables, but this might be more pronounced in the south of the UK. I'm sure that others will give you a different interpretation. Regional, and city accents can be diverse and very
confusing,
Cheers,
Merv.

It's somewhere between "Tab-ram" and "Tab-rum" with me.

[Cogidubnus]

I've probably been wrong for years then, because I always thought "Taybr'm"

[Sam Flynn]

I've probably been wrong for years then, because I always thought "Taybr'm"

Subconsciously, I can imagine a process where I tallied up the number of "[consonant]ab*-" words I knew and this nudged me towards "Tabrum".

tablet, tabard, tabloid, tablature, taboo, tabular, tabulate, Tabitha

versus

table, tabor and tabes

...not that you hear the last two very often.

[Howard Brown]

Tay-brum or Taybr'm....usually the latter is how I pronounce it.

[Dusty Miller]

Thanks for the replies, I'll plump for Taybrum from now on.

[Sam Flynn]

Thanks for the replies, I'll plump for Taybrum from now on.

I'm going by the majority of "tab*-" words, so it's "Tabrum" for me.

[Gary Barnett]

I'm going by the majority of "tab*-" words, so it's "Tabrum" for me.

I agree with the Tab, followed by r’m.

[Paul Butler]

I agree with the Tab, followed by r’m.

Yup. It's the US/UK thing I think. Tomayto versus tomahto.

I've always pronounced it to rhyme with a British Devonian tomato!

[Cogidubnus]

Yup. It's the US/UK thing I think. Tomayto versus tomahto.

I've always pronounced it to rhyme with a British Devonian tomato!

Aaaaar Jim m'lad you mean? Just imagine Martha Tabram as a pirate's moll... :-)

[Paul Butler]

Aaaaar Jim m'lad you mean? Just imagine Martha Tabram as a pirate's moll... :-)

As in Long John Silver as portrayed by Robert Newton? The blueprint for all comic pirate accents ever since? No!

[Sam Flynn]

I agree with the Tab, followed by r’m.

Come to think of it, it's more of a "r'm" than a "rum" with me, also.


What a r'm do!

[Cogidubnus]

Come to think of it, it's more of a "r'm" than a "rum" with me, also.


What a r'm do!

About 30 miles an hour...a b'rm about 60