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
Siem	SEEM	Dutch
Klaudiusz	KLOWT-yuwsh	Polish
Chukwuma	-	Western African, Igbo
Blossom	BLAH-səm	English
Veli	VE-lee	Finnish
Ademar	-	Portuguese