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
Shan	SHAN	Welsh
Pippa	PIP-ə	English
ÉMile	e-MEEL	French
Rutendo	-	Southern African, Shona
Rebekah	rə-BEK-ə (English)	Biblical, English
Allie	AL-ee	English