take soundings

To ask questions in order to learn people's opinions about a certan topic. I'm taking soundings to find out what people want to read about in the student newspaper.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Elmer	EL-mər	English
Simms	[simiz]
Wulan	WOO-lahn	Indonesian, Javanese
Sylvia	SIL-vee-ə (English), SUYL-vee-ah (Finnish)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German
Zhanna	ZHAH-nah	Russian
Erebos	-	Greek Mythology