Message: "Josepha" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Josepha

by Akis (guest)

1/5/2007, 11:36 AM

How would you pronounce Josepha? Seems like jo-SEE-fa to me, but maybe that's not standard.

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- Flute (meganmichele)

1/5/2007, 11:21 PM

I would pronounce it jo-SEHF-ah. I personally just can't see the long "e" sound in there. Jo-SEE-fa is all right, but I think I prefer the other way.

- Haven (guest) +1

1/5/2007, 5:44 PM

I would also pronunce it jo-SEE-fa

Mainly because of a character in a book I once read.

Don't really care for it, but like it better than Josephine.

- Isla

1/5/2007, 5:46 PM

I've always assume it was jo-SEF-ah, which sounds kind of awkward to me, but since I've never heard it pronounced, that was just the first thing I latched on to. :b I don't know that I like it, but I do prefer Josephine.

- Julia (JuliaF)

1/5/2007, 5:19 PM

I'd say joe-SEH-fah.

- Jae

1/5/2007, 2:07 PM

I pronounce it jo-SEH-fa. I automatically think of Sarah Josepha Hale when I hear the name, which is a good association for me.

- DLB

1/5/2007, 1:38 PM

I'd pronounce it jo-SEH-fuh. I don't like it myself; I prefer Joseph.

- Elinor (Elly747) +1

1/5/2007, 1:35 PM

My first guess would be jo-SEFF-ah. Maybe JO-seff-ah but that seems contrived to me, because it's obviously just Joseph with an 'ah' on the end. I don't see jo-SEE-fah personally.

- Akis (guest)

1/5/2007, 1:43 PM

The name reminds me of the historian Josephus, which is pronounced with the long E, hence Jo-SEE-fuh. Jo-SEH-fuh and Jo-SAY-fuh are quite nice too, though. Maybe even nicer.

- Tuesday (trayc53)

1/5/2007, 12:54 PM

I would pronounce it jo-SEH-fah. jo-SEE-fa seems wrong to me. Josepha is very pretty though. :)

- lac (guest)

1/5/2007, 12:24 PM

I would say jo-SEE-fuh, but I wouldn't object to someone else pronouncing it JO-seh-fuh.

- Ambie

1/5/2007, 11:55 AM

Well, being from AZ, close to the border of Mexico, I would pronounce this name as ho-sef-a.

- Distant_Stars (beyond_the_distant_s)

1/5/2007, 11:54 AM

I usually pronounce it the Spanish way: ho-SAY-pha. I've never known anyone by this name who was Hispanic, though, so that's probably why. jo-SEE-fa would most definitely work for an English speaker. It's a nice name. For some reason, I life it a lot better than I like Joseph.

- Cora (Portia)

1/5/2007, 11:52 AM

I prn it jo-SEH-fah. It's pretty, but I prefer Josephine.

- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey)

1/5/2007, 11:37 AM

I prefer jo-SEH-fah. I think it's very pretty, either way.

Array

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