Do you say K-ray-tom, K-rat-tom or K-ret-tom?

[Kelleytoons]

So like a lot of you I've listened to video (both online and on television) where scientists, doctors, researchers and advocates talk about our favorite leaf and none of them pronounce it the same way. The three main ways I've heard are:

K- ray-tom
K-rat-tom
K-ret-tom (the last from some British guys).

All just two syllables but that's the best way I can write it. I've even heard other ways of saying it but what I'm wondering is how do YOU all say it and why? For me, I like K-ray-tom mostly because it sounds more like something a little more tasty than something with a "rat" in the middle, although the "atom" part of the latter is easy to remember. Anyway, just a silly thing to ponder this morning.

[CatfatherB]

I say Kray-tum

[Timothy1390]

I def say Kray-tom the most but recently been getting into saying krat-um.

[SaintsWillConquer]

Crate Um

[Lokey]

Kray tum!

[e_poison]

Kray-tum

[Fhietra899]

So like a lot of you I've listened to video (both online and on television) where scientists, doctors, researchers and advocates talk about our favorite leaf and none of them pronounce it the same way. The three main ways I've heard are:

K- ray-tom
K-rat-tom
K-ret-tom (the last from some British guys).

All just two syllables but that's the best way I can write it. I've even heard other ways of saying it but what I'm wondering is how do YOU all say it and why? For me, I like K-ray-tom mostly because it sounds more like something a little more tasty than something with a "rat" in the middle, although the "atom" part of the latter is easy to remember. Anyway, just a silly thing to ponder this morning.

In Indonesian spell : K-raa - Tom

[IndelibleDotInk]

kray tom

some say kee tum

[Detuned]

In germany we say Kra-tohm, accent on the 2nd Part

[SeventhHeaven]

Detuned and Fhietra899 have it the way it's pronounced in Indonesia, where kratom actually comes from

It always makes me smile when I hear people say "KRAY tum" here in the USA - in Indonesia it's pronounced "Kruh TOM". So that's how I pronounce it.

[wavering_radiant]

I usually say krahhh-tum which I prefer, but sometimes kraytum comes out too lol

[Nonnie69]

I say kray-tum

[acct55]

I also say krah-tom like detuned and fhietra899. Like "krah" + tom (pronounced like the name Tom).