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How would you pronounce Joel?

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aliphil · 01/06/2012 20:34

DH and I are thinking of Joel for a boy (we don't know yet what we're having). I have always pronounced it JO-ul, i.e. two syllables. But it came up in one of the readings at church last Sunday, and the reader pronounced it Jole, which I don't like as much. Anyone know which of these is the standard pronunciation?

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Hopandaskip · 01/06/2012 20:45

jole here, jo-el sounds poncy.

orienteerer · 01/06/2012 20:44

Jole as rhymes with sole

BorisJohnsonsHair · 01/06/2012 20:44

Jole here too.

usualsuspect · 01/06/2012 20:44

ignore that random comma Grin

usualsuspect · 01/06/2012 20:43

The Joels I know pronounce it Jo-ul ,

LAK11 · 01/06/2012 20:42

My friend's bro is called Joel, pronounced Jole, not JoEl as this is French.....

youbethemummylion · 01/06/2012 20:42

Agree Joel rhymes with sole

OrfWithHerEduStudent · 01/06/2012 20:41

Jole.

OddBoots · 01/06/2012 20:38

'Jole' although if I'm feeling festive it is 'Joe-ell'

TheOneWithTheCrown · 01/06/2012 20:36

I say Jole to rhyme with sole.

I think if you didn't like it that way then it's a no go as plenty of people will call him Jole.