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How do you say Domme?
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By *iss.dd OP Woman 40 weeks ago
Leeds + Newcastle |
I've always pronounced Domme as in dom..
Just d-o-m and similar to pomme and Somme but I've just been watching the padded cell podcast and they pronounce it dom-ay
Have I been saying this wrong all along  |
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By *elloWoman 40 weeks ago
alpha centauri |
"I've always pronounced Domme as in dom..
Just d-o-m and similar to pomme and Somme but I've just been watching the padded cell podcast and they pronounce it dom-ay
Have I been saying this wrong all along "
It can be pronounced 'yes Miss' 'thank you Miss' |
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By *TG3Man 40 weeks ago
Dorchester |
"I've always pronounced Domme as in dom..
Just d-o-m and similar to pomme and Somme but I've just been watching the padded cell podcast and they pronounce it dom-ay
Have I been saying this wrong all along "
were they french? If not you've been saying it fine or maybe Americans they say everything wrong  |
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Right.
The word "dom" is English, an abbreviation of dominant, which itself comes from a centuries old French loan word.
If "domme", which together with "dom" is a fairly modern addition to English sexual vocab, were to be pronounced "dommay" (which appears to be an attempt to sound French and feminise at the same time), it would be spelled "dommée", because the French almost, almost always add -ée to feminise, mostly from masculine nouns ending in é or turning conjugated verbs that end in é into nouns.
So it looks to me like dom and domme are modern English, from a centuries old French root, and "dommay" is a pronunciation that doesn't really fit the spelling.
Dommée would give the sound "dommay" to those who want it to sound that way.
I'm not aware of that word existing in actual French though.
But language is wonderfully transitory and flexible...so fill yer boots however you want to.
And shoot me down where I've got it wrong. |
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By *TG3Man 40 weeks ago
Dorchester |
"Right.
The word "dom" is English, an abbreviation of dominant, which itself comes from a centuries old French loan word.
If "domme", which together with "dom" is a fairly modern addition to English sexual vocab, were to be pronounced "dommay" (which appears to be an attempt to sound French and feminise at the same time), it would be spelled "dommée", because the French almost, almost always add -ée to feminise, mostly from masculine nouns ending in é or turning conjugated verbs that end in é into nouns.
So it looks to me like dom and domme are modern English, from a centuries old French root, and "dommay" is a pronunciation that doesn't really fit the spelling.
Dommée would give the sound "dommay" to those who want it to sound that way.
I'm not aware of that word existing in actual French though.
But language is wonderfully transitory and flexible...so fill yer boots however you want to.
And shoot me down where I've got it wrong. "
You're wrong sorry it comes from the german 'dominieran' to dominate yaaavol |
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In my experience it’s always been a simple way to differentiate wether someone who is a dominant in a bdsm scenario is male or female
So Dom is dominant male
Domme pronounced Domay is a dominant female
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Well I've always found Domme refers to the female Dominant and Dom refers to the male dominant.
I've asked internet how to say Domme and it says the word Dom.
Perhaps its from a shortened form Dominatrix ie Domina.
Personally I think th submissive should refer to their dominant how their dominant wishes and so that is only real truely correct answer as the Dominant is always correct.. |
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"It is pronounced dommay to differentiate between a male and female dominant"
It really isnt.
Domme is used as a spelling variant to differentiate from Dom (Female vs male). The pronunciation remains the same, as perfectly explained above. At least it would be if it were a real word. Domm-ay just sounds silly.
Incidentally dominatrix comes from Latin, and is the female version of dominator. Same as Gladiatrix is a female gladiator. |
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By *agatoXXXMan 35 weeks ago
Gone and completely forgotten. |
"It is pronounced dommay to differentiate between a male and female dominant
It really isnt.
Domme is used as a spelling variant to differentiate from Dom (Female vs male). The pronunciation remains the same, as perfectly explained above. At least it would be if it were a real word. Domm-ay just sounds silly.
Incidentally dominatrix comes from Latin, and is the female version of dominator. Same as Gladiatrix is a female gladiator. "
The correct Latin words are Dominus and Domina. |
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"It is pronounced dommay to differentiate between a male and female dominant
It really isnt.
Domme is used as a spelling variant to differentiate from Dom (Female vs male). The pronunciation remains the same, as perfectly explained above. At least it would be if it were a real word. Domm-ay just sounds silly.
Incidentally dominatrix comes from Latin, and is the female version of dominator. Same as Gladiatrix is a female gladiator.
The correct Latin words are Dominus and Domina."
Dominatrix - Latin, feminine of dominator, from dominat- ‘ruled’, from the verb dominari
Dominus - Proto-Italic, *dom-o/u-no- meaning "[he] of the house," ultimately relating to the Proto-Indo-European root *dem- meaning "to build," through domus (house); hence, the dominus is the lord and ruler of the house. |
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A "Dommie" would be a bike. A Norton that is partial to severe vibrations at speed.
A girlfriend of decades ago took a dishonestly long time to own up to why she liked going out for a ride to the pub and leaving me alone afterwards :-/
Mr. |
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I think if someone ever said something other than "dom" to me and trying to sound like they know what they are saying, I'd probably giggle and have to leave.
It's like someone going into lidls and calling it "liedels" (true story, Rubik knows someone who used to call it this lol) |
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By *iss.dd OP Woman 34 weeks ago
Leeds + Newcastle |
"I think if someone ever said something other than "dom" to me and trying to sound like they know what they are saying, I'd probably giggle and have to leave.
It's like someone going into lidls and calling it "liedels" (true story, Rubik knows someone who used to call it this lol)"
Ah but the old Lidl advert used to be, phonetically,
Leedl, Liedl, whatever |
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By *ags73Man 34 weeks ago
glasgow-ish |
I’d have thought Dom but wouldn’t know the correct thing with -mme
I say liedel for Lidl but that’s with knowing German.
It wrecks their ‘middle of Lidl’ thing if you say it correctly, it’d need to be meeeedle of leeeedle which is just weird |
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"Right.
The word "dom" is English, an abbreviation of dominant, which itself comes from a centuries old French loan word.
If "domme", which together with "dom" is a fairly modern addition to English sexual vocab, were to be pronounced "dommay" (which appears to be an attempt to sound French and feminise at the same time), it would be spelled "dommée", because the French almost, almost always add -ée to feminise, mostly from masculine nouns ending in é or turning conjugated verbs that end in é into nouns.
So it looks to me like dom and domme are modern English, from a centuries old French root, and "dommay" is a pronunciation that doesn't really fit the spelling.
Dommée would give the sound "dommay" to those who want it to sound that way.
I'm not aware of that word existing in actual French though.
But language is wonderfully transitory and flexible...so fill yer boots however you want to.
And shoot me down where I've got it wrong. "
A logically and very good answer.
For me personally, dom is masculine, domme is feminine, both pronounced the same way.
In its simplest form and straight from my personal moto, "fuck it!".
It's doesn't matter how it's said in the great scheme of things.
Personal preference.  |
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