FabSwingers.com forum: How do you say Domme?

By *iss.dd OP Woman
20 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 *assy69Man
20 weeks ago

West Sussex and Wales

If you have? Then so have I

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By *elloWoman
20 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 *eroLondonMan
20 weeks ago

Mayfair

Not sure. I would say "dom" too. I would only pronounce it "dom-ay" if it was spelled "dommé".

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By *ensualMan
20 weeks ago

Sutton

My understanding is that it can be pronounced both ways.

It is just a little strange on the ear if you are used to pronouncing it in one way to hear the other pronunciation.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
20 weeks ago

Reading

Never heard it call dommay

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By *ivemealadybonerWoman
20 weeks ago

somewhere

Are you sure they wasn't Canadian doing this podcast?

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By *iss.dd OP Woman
20 weeks ago

Leeds + Newcastle

"Are you sure they wasn't Canadian doing this podcast?"

Definitely all English

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By *ixon CiderMan
20 weeks ago

Birmingham

I have always pronounced it as dom-may

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By *red333Man
20 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

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were they french? If not you've been saying it fine or maybe Americans they say everything wrong

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By *reyToTheFairiesWoman
20 weeks ago

Carlisle usually

Dom-ay would be Dommé. It's just Domme. So I pronounce it the same as dom.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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20 weeks ago

East Sussex

Listen to a french person day 'Somme' and rhyme it with that

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By *red333Man
20 weeks ago

Dorchester

"Listen to a french person day 'Somme' and rhyme it with that "
ok I'm on my way to France, St Tropez

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By *icecouple561Couple
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20 weeks ago

East Sussex

"Listen to a french person day 'Somme' and rhyme it with that ok I'm on my way to France, St Tropez

Any excuse for a road trip

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By *red333Man
20 weeks ago

Dorchester

"Listen to a french person day 'Somme' and rhyme it with that ok I'm on my way to France, St Tropez

Any excuse for a road trip

"
exactly I'm flying mind...... Red bull gives you wings

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

People who pronounce it Dom ay are the same breed that call memes me mes. Avoid them at all costs

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By *eniseStockingsTV/TS
20 weeks ago

Salisbury

Always been "dom" for me. Short for dominatrix? But surely fine as long as people know what you mean. Otherwise it could be embarrassing

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By *odgerMooreMan
20 weeks ago

Carlisle

I think they may just be Twa-Ttés

without an acute accent over the final e it would be a flat vowel sound it’s only an ay sound with an acute accent!!

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By *reyToTheFairiesWoman
20 weeks ago

Carlisle usually

Dom-ay is less irritating than the people who ryhme it with mommy at least.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
20 weeks ago

Leeds

Dom, same as you up.

There no è

Mrs

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By *oxyValentineWoman
20 weeks ago

Peterborough

"People who pronounce it Dom ay are the same breed that call memes me mes. Avoid them at all costs"

I thank you for this, and agree wholeheartedly.

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By *partan69Man
20 weeks ago

hyde

"Dom-ay is less irritating than the people who ryhme it with mommy at least."
FFS , a domme mommy lol

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By *rjpinkMan
20 weeks ago

winterfell

Dom dom dom dom dom (to the tune of the old domestos advert)

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By *ickyKlungespeareMan
20 weeks ago

St Leonards

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 *icecouple561Couple
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20 weeks ago

East Sussex

Maybe they're getting it mixed up with the vous form of an as yet unknown French verb 'dommer '

Vous dommez.

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By *red333Man
20 weeks ago

Dorchester

"Right.

The word "dom" is English, an abbreviation of dominant, which itself comes from a centuries old French loan word.

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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By *empted23Couple
20 weeks ago

countryside

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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By *eyond PurityCouple
20 weeks ago

Lincolnshire

Welcome to the English language

It’s said the same but spelt differently - like loads of other words in our beautiful but warped language!

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By *ubrob586Man
15 weeks ago

Swadlincote

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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By *gent CoulsonMan
15 weeks ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

It is pronounced dommay to differentiate between a male and female dominant

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By *ose-tinted GlassesMan
15 weeks ago

Glasgow

I’ll just pronounce it ‘do me’.

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By *andi da ThrushTV/TS
15 weeks ago

Round the Corner

"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
15 weeks ago

Mordor

"It is pronounced dommay to differentiate between a male and female dominant

It really isnt.

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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By *ittlebirdWoman
15 weeks ago

The Big Smoke

Dom and Domme are pronounced exactly the same

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By *andi da ThrushTV/TS
15 weeks ago

Round the Corner

"It is pronounced dommay to differentiate between a male and female dominant

It really isnt.

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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By *imi_RougeWoman
15 weeks ago

Portsmouth

"Dom-ay would be Dommé. It's just Domme. So I pronounce it the same as dom."

This. Never heard it said any other way.

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By *eronikapaulCouple
15 weeks ago

Reading

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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By *ad NannaWoman
15 weeks ago

East London

Dom and Dommer.

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By *ittlebirdWoman
15 weeks ago

The Big Smoke

"Dom and Dommer. "

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By *ad NannaWoman
15 weeks ago

East London

"Dom and Dommer.

I'm glad someone appreciates the effort I put into my posts

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By *ittlebirdWoman
15 weeks ago

The Big Smoke

"Dom and Dommer.

I'm glad someone appreciates the effort I put into my posts

You know I do Nanna. Mwah x

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By *ittlemissmistressKCouple
15 weeks ago

Southampton

"Dom and Dommer. "

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By *ot to giggleWoman
15 weeks ago

Coventry

"Dom and Dommer.

I'm glad someone appreciates the effort I put into my posts

You know I do Nanna. Mwah x"

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By *oubleswing2019Man
15 weeks ago

Colchester

I've never heard it pronounced "Dom-Ay" in all the years spent in clubs.

Only ever heard "Dom" as in rhymes with "Tom".

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By *teveanddebsCouple
15 weeks ago

Norwich

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By *teveanddebsCouple
15 weeks ago

Norwich

Dom-ay sounds like pretentious clap-trap

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

Dom but now you raise the thought I reckon in future I might go all Francais and give it a more seductive dommee'

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
15 weeks ago

Central

If it's going to be this awful bastardisation, it's too close to dummy, which I'd be spitting out

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By *luehairedcumslutCouple
15 weeks ago

St Neots

I always put a little "meh" at the end instead. Dom-meh

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By *ivemealadybonerWoman
15 weeks ago

somewhere

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 (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

I say it like Netflix is logging in.

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By *iss.dd OP Woman
14 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 *agnar73Man
14 weeks ago

Glasgow

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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By *melia DominaTV/TS
14 weeks ago

Edinburgh (She/Her)

"Right.

The word "dom" is English, an abbreviation of dominant, which itself comes from a centuries old French loan word.

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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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
14 weeks ago

Manchester-ish

Like 'Dick and .. in da bungalow '

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By *agnar73Man
14 weeks ago

Glasgow

"Like 'Dick and .. in da bungalow '

So BOGIES!!!!!!

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
14 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"Like 'Dick and .. in da bungalow '

So BOGIES!!!!!!"

BOOOOOO-

GIEEEEEESSSSS!!!

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By *agnar73Man
14 weeks ago

Glasgow

"Like 'Dick and .. in da bungalow '

So BOGIES!!!!!!

BOOOOOO-

GIEEEEEESSSSS!!!"

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By *aylorMan
14 weeks ago

Fife

Dom

Oooo

Hooo

Oooo

Just like off the advert

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