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
Tiamat	TEE-ə-maht (English), TYAH-maht (English)	Near Eastern Mythology
Arline	ahr-LEEN	English
Amias	-	English (Rare)
Sokratis	-	Greek
Eutychius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Emery	['eməri]