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Help[Opinions] Iessai
What do you think of the name Iessai? It’s the biblical Greek version of Jesse, and I came across it on here a few weeks ago. How would you instinctively pronounce it if you came across it? And does anyone know the correct pronunciation?
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I'm pretty sure it's ee-ess-EYE.
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Eye-eh-sie? Ee-eh-sie?
I don't like it. Jesse has a certain charm to me, I've actually never come across a British Jesse and it feels very American to me, in a very specific way.
I don't like it. Jesse has a certain charm to me, I've actually never come across a British Jesse and it feels very American to me, in a very specific way.
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Eye-eh-sie? Ee-eh-sie?
I don't like it. Jesse has a certain charm to me, I've actually never come across a British Jesse and it feels very American to me, in a very specific way.
I don't like it. Jesse has a certain charm to me, I've actually never come across a British Jesse and it feels very American to me, in a very specific way.
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It's certainly more interesting than Jesse! I'd reflexively say "YEH-sye" (the second syllable rhyming with dye, fry, etc.).
This message was edited 12/14/2023, 8:45 AM
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I think it's best left in Biblical Greek times. It looks like a bad Scrabble hand. I'm not sure how I'd instinctively say it; probably eye-ess-eye.
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I'd pronounce it yes-SEYE. It's alright, but I prefer the Hebrew Yishai.
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