Would someone please tell me the correct pronounciation for THAMES

[Beauty]

as in the river.....My 11 year old and I are having a disagreement. I won't say what he says or what I say incase I"m wrong....LOL!

So is it Thames (theyames) or is it Thames (Tims)?

 

[Sonya]

Tims

 

[browneyes]

I agree with Sonya, it's pronouned Tims.

Main Entry: Thames
Usage: geographical name
1 /'temz, 'thAmz, 'tAmz/ river 15 miles (24 kilometers) SE Connecticut, an estuary flowing S into Long Island Sound
2 /'temz/ river 135 miles (217 kilometers) Canada in SE Ontario flowing S & SW into Lake St. Clair
3 /'temz/ river over 200 miles (322 kilometers) S England flowing from the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire E into the North Sea -- see ISIS

 

[JohnTBap]

It's Tiny Tim's river - Scrooge gave it to him.

 

[Beauty]

Thats what I thought too (but I wasn't secure enough to promise him)....J.C. and my mom were both arguing me up and down the wall...LOL!

That was nice of Scrooge wasn't it

 

[mrsv98]

Well, really, it is closer to "tems", not "tims". It definately has an "eh" sound (I lived in England for more than a year and had many hysterical discussions with friends concerning the pronunciation of words )

 

[minnie56]

I'm from England originally........

It's 'Tems'....

 

[Poohshoney]

Definitely Tems!

 

[sandramaac]

Yes it is most defintely pronounced 'tems'

sorts of like 'thems', without the 'h' sound

 

[phamton]

Originally posted by mrsv98
Well, really, it is closer to "tems", not "tims". It definately has an "eh" sound

Silly girl, don't you know that Beauty is from the south. We southerners use the same pronunciation for Tim as Tem. Here in Texas, pin and pen sound the same as do tin and ten. And we like it that way.

Bev

 

[honeywolf7]

Yep, it's Tems

 

[SidB]

Just to confuse this, I live in the UK near a town called Thame, very close to the Thames. That's pronounced like tame.

 

[catherine]

Yes, it is definitely 'tems'

 

[Nutsy]

Tems it is.............

 

[Grog]

I lived in England for a few years as well....always heard "Tems" myself

 

[peg2001]

Originally posted by phamton
Silly girl, don't you know that Beauty is from the south. We southerners use the same pronunciation for Tim as Tem. Here in Texas, pin and pen sound the same as do tin and ten. And we like it that way.

Bev

This is true. I have trouble even hearing the difference and would have to stop midsentence and FORCE the "eh" sound as opposed to just using "i". It doesn't come naturally to many southerners!

Peggy

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

Yes, the closest pronounciation would be Tems.

It is most definitely NOT the "tiny Tims" - LOL!

I live close to Thame SidB - hi!

 

[FOJMO]

TEMS!

 

[CathyCanada]

To tems.....

 

[Rajah]

I guess I'm wrong, but I've always pronounced it "Tames"