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
Iuno	-	Roman Mythology
Keanu	-	Hawaiian
Konstantin	KAWN-stahn-teen (German), kahn-stahn-TEEN (Russian)	German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Gentius	-	Albanian
Kailee	KAY-lee	English (Modern)
Gotzone	-	Basque