How do Americans pronounce Neiman Marcus?

Me neither   Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:36 am GMT
How do you pronounce "Neiman Marcus" in America?

a) Nee-mon Marcus
b) Ney-mon Marcus
c) Nee-man Marcus
d) Ney-man Marcus
Caspian   Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:27 am GMT
I think it's Ney-mən Marcus, I'm not sure though.
jj   Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:31 am GMT
Nee-mən Mar-kəs
Marcus minimus   Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:24 pm GMT
knee+man mark+us
Marcus minimus   Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:59 pm GMT
I probably should have written:

KNEE+man MARK+us

"man" is unstressed, so of course the "a" loses its character in this case.
Skippy   Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:54 am GMT
I agree. It's NEE-mun MARK-us.
San Francisco native   Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:34 am GMT
It is c) and that is all there is to it!
Uriel   Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:46 am GMT
NEE-mun MAR-kus.
Guest   Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:23 am GMT
Does anyone say Nee-mum MAr-kus? Note the assimilation.
kim   Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:36 pm GMT
No.
Uriel   Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:44 am GMT
No.