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[Opinions] Re: How do you pronounce Joseph and where are you from? (m)

by Starstrider (Serafina Starstrider)

8/3/2019, 6:59 PM

I'm from the Pacific Northwest of the US and I say it with the S sound and I've never pronounced it with the Z sound except when spelled Josef.

I've never paid much attention before but I more often pronounce Josiah with the Z sound but sometimes I say it with the S sound. Josephine I more often say with an S sound but I also sometimes pronounce it with the Z sound.

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- noel (glaucous) +1

8/3/2019, 8:39 PM

I say Z for Josiah and S for Josephine usually.

I think it's based on which syllable I emphasize, which depends on speed...

fast
jo-SIE-ah
jo-SEF-een

slow
JOZ-ie-ah
JOZ-uh-feen

But I'm not sure why I usually say Josiah slower and Josephine faster.

This message was edited 8/3/2019, 8:42 PM

- Dracotorix

8/4/2019, 2:34 PM

I say Josiah slower than Josephine too. That "aia" sound is easy to say long, but all the vowels in Josephine are broken up by consonants I guess. I might say Josiah with a z (but usually with an s). I don't emphasize different syllables though, just the "SI" in Josiah and the "JO" in Josephine.

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