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Help[Opinions] Re: Question about Jocelyn
in reply to a message by Lisaa
I know one Jocelyn who sometimes goes by Joc (pronounced Joss), otherwise they all seem to use the full name Jocelyn.
I don't think Jocelyn is too similar to either of those other J names. Jaxon and Jackson would obviously get confused, but that "Jack" syllable is a totally different vowel from "Jayce" and also from the "Joss" sound in Jocelyn. Yes it's a lot of J names and they all have an s sound following the J, but the vowels are different enough. If you're trying to get someone's attention it's the vowel that will stick out the most. Jax/Jack would be more likely confused with Max than Jayce or Jocelyn.
I wouldn't deliberately leave out the "e" in my pronunciation of Jocelyn, even though that does tend to happen. I guess I would aim for joss-eh-lin, but I wouldn't complain if it slurred into joss-lin because it's somewhat inevitable. I just wouldn't consider it the official pronunciation.
I don't think Jocelyn is too similar to either of those other J names. Jaxon and Jackson would obviously get confused, but that "Jack" syllable is a totally different vowel from "Jayce" and also from the "Joss" sound in Jocelyn. Yes it's a lot of J names and they all have an s sound following the J, but the vowels are different enough. If you're trying to get someone's attention it's the vowel that will stick out the most. Jax/Jack would be more likely confused with Max than Jayce or Jocelyn.
I wouldn't deliberately leave out the "e" in my pronunciation of Jocelyn, even though that does tend to happen. I guess I would aim for joss-eh-lin, but I wouldn't complain if it slurred into joss-lin because it's somewhat inevitable. I just wouldn't consider it the official pronunciation.
