Ben Lummis is a former New Zealand singer and television personality. The spelling of his name can be broken down into its individual phonemes, as transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA): /bɛn ˈlʌmɪs/. This indicates that the first syllable is pronounced with an open-mid vowel sound followed by an "n" consonant sound. The second syllable features a short "u" vowel sound, followed by an "m" consonant sound, an "ɪ" vowel sound, and a voiceless "s" consonant sound at the end.