How To Pronounce Mayim Bialik's Name - Factual Questions Home » How To Pronounce Mayim Bialik » How To Pronounce Mayim Bialik's Name - Factual Questions Maybe your like How To Pronounce Oaxaca Cheese How To Pronounce Patek Philippe How To Pronounce Prix Fixe How To Pronounce Shih Tzu How To Pronounce Stella Artois How to Pronounce Mayim Bialik's Name Factual Questions HeyHomie May 4, 2014, 4:14pm 1 Is it MY-im, or my-EEM? Alessan May 4, 2014, 4:26pm 2 MAH-eem, I think. (It’s Hebrew for “water”) Ranger_Jeff May 4, 2014, 5:58pm 3 Mah-yim. Yes, it’s Hebrew for “water”. There was a song we had to sing about it in Sunday School. They made us do a folk dance while we sung it too. sbunny8 May 4, 2014, 6:20pm 4 doesn’t matter what the word means. It’s her name; she can pronounce it however she wants to. The real question should be how does she pronounce it. I could spell my name w-a-t-e-r and pronounce it like “waiter” if I wanted to. BrotherCadfael May 4, 2014, 7:06pm 5 OK, now that’s been settled, how do you pronounce her last name? Mister_Rik May 4, 2014, 7:14pm 6 BrotherCadfael: OK, now that’s been settled, how do you pronounce her last name? I attended school with a couple Bialiks, and, IIRC, they pronounced it “BY-lik” Telemark May 4, 2014, 7:28pm 7 BrotherCadfael: OK, now that’s been settled, how do you pronounce her last name? Mayim Bialik (/ˈmaɪəm biˈɑːlɨk/, my-im bee-ah-lik) foolsguinea May 4, 2014, 8:58pm 8 Accent on the “a” in both names! Captain_Amazing May 4, 2014, 9:15pm 9 Ranger_Jeff: Mah-yim. Yes, it’s Hebrew for “water”. There was a song we had to sing about it in Sunday School. They made us do a folk dance while we sung it too. Your Sunday school had you sing songs about Mayim Bialik? I mean, I enjoyed Blossom too, but… Superhal May 4, 2014, 10:01pm 10 I’ve always pronounced it as “B-L-O-S-S-O-M”. After she got fat, I pronounced it “F-A-T-B-L-O-S-S-O-M.” I still refer to the dude on Breaking bad as Malcom’s Dad, now all my friends are doing it. california_jobcase May 5, 2014, 3:22am 11 We used to have to watch Channel One news every morning. Actress in question was on and explained her name and pronounced it for everyone. What Telemark said, if I remember correctly. 'Twas fall '93 or '94. ThelmaLou May 5, 2014, 1:43pm 12 Telemark: Mayim Bialik (/ˈmaɪəm biˈɑːlɨk/, my-im bee-ah-lik) The OP’s question was which syllable to accent. RivkahChaya May 5, 2014, 3:09pm 13 If the question was prompted by the fact that most Hebrew words are stressed on the last, or in the case of some four-syllable words (unusual in Hebrew) second to last, “mayim” (water) belongs to a special class of two-syllable words that are stressed on the first syllable. It’s true that the actress can pronounce her name “Ball peen hammer” if she wants, but the Hebrew word is “MAHY-im.” Jeff probably sung “Mayim LeDavid.” I remember that song. Bialik is a pretty common Ashkenazi surname. It’s also a Polish gentile surname, although it is so strongly associated with Jews, that many Poles who had the name changed it (during WWII, you couldn’t really blame them). “Bialy” is the Polish word for white, and “byelo” is the Russian word. The -k makes it a last name in a declined language. “Bia” is one syllable. Think of it as “Bya,” if that helps. I know some people with the name who spell it “Byalik.” Probably an Ellis Island thing. Again, her name, and she can pronounce it “Bagel with lox,” if she wants, but all the people named Bialik I personally know are “BYA-leek.” Usually, the Yiddish word for white is “veiss,” but I have heard people say “byeli” for specific meanings of white. Usually Russian Yiddish speakers. TriPolar May 5, 2014, 3:14pm 14 Wojciehowicz: You say it like it’s spelled! … BigT May 7, 2014, 1:14pm 15 sbunny8: doesn’t matter what the word means. It’s her name; she can pronounce it however she wants to. The real question should be how does she pronounce it. I could spell my name w-a-t-e-r and pronounce it like “waiter” if I wanted to. I’ve heard it said in interviews by castmates, who would assumedly say it the way she would. The first syllable gets the accent, just as everyone else is saying. Ranger_Jeff May 7, 2014, 1:40pm 16 Ranger_Jeff: Mah-yim. Yes, it’s Hebrew for “water”. There was a song we had to sing about it in Sunday School. They made us do a folk dance while we sung it too. Captain_Amazing: Your Sunday school had you sing songs about Mayim Bialik? I mean, I enjoyed Blossom too, but… This was in the early 60s. 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