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How do you pronounce Juliet?

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Amethyst24 · 26/04/2014 00:40

I ask because my sister is called Juliet and I think it's a beautiful name. My parents intended it to be pronounced, she pronounces it, and all the family pronounce it, JULy't.

However her whole life she's been called Julie-ETTE and has given up correcting people. It seems like such a popilar name on here and I wondered how people think it should sound.

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Nestabee · 26/04/2014 11:22

Julie-et

Where does your parents pronouciation come from?

Catflap1 · 26/04/2014 09:00

Julie-et

PostmanPatAlwaysRingsTwice · 26/04/2014 08:35

Oh hell, DD is due any day now and we are planing to call her Juliet - now I am having a crisis over how I pronounce it!

I think the emphasis on the first syllable. Lengthening the 'et' makes it sound like the French version. However DH is a fool disagrees Hmm

Alisvolatpropiis · 26/04/2014 08:27

Joo Lee ett - same weight on each syllable.

TheOneWithTheHair · 26/04/2014 08:10

Sort of Julie-ut but the 'ut' is very soft. Emphasis on the Julie part.

Lovely name.

sleepywombat · 26/04/2014 08:07

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LilQueenie · 26/04/2014 01:01

as in jewel E et same as shakespeare wrote it.

Greythorne · 26/04/2014 00:59

I would say JUlie-et

ThingsThatShine · 26/04/2014 00:57

The French don't say jule ee ay, they do pronounce the T (The French spelling is Juliette)

OP i say joo lee ett but I think all syllables stressed roughly the same, not Julie ETT nor JOO lee ett.

And fwiw I love the name

LackaDAISYcal · 26/04/2014 00:51

IF french I would say Jule-ee-ay but generally its pronounced Julie ette in the UK.

Not sure how to pronounce is as JULy't

Doinmummy · 26/04/2014 00:41

Joo lee et

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