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Job

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sandberry · 23/07/2014 18:08

What do you think? I am rather liking it, fits the Biblical trend but not popular yet, easy to spell, short.

Only problem is will people pronounce it Job as in 'Job interview' or how it should be said Jobe? I noticed more people spelled it Jobe recently but I hate the e, it looks wrong.

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sandberry · 23/07/2014 21:10

See I think it sounds great, I love short names, has a good history, classic old name, not super popular but the option to go by Joe means he isn't cursed if he hates it.

Am glad there are some people who do like it

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DoItTooJulia · 23/07/2014 21:07

I love it. And would have put it on my ds2 list if my rabid atheist tendencies hadn't have got the better of me.

MilkandCereal · 23/07/2014 21:06

That should read 'Creepy backwoods preacher in a Stephen King novel'.

MilkandCereal · 23/07/2014 21:03

Friends name was 4 simple letters btw. No accents. Nothing. She was constantly frustrated by it.

But it's connotations like blow job that would put me off. That would not be easy to live with. Also that it's a terribly unattractive name IMHO which sounds like some creepy backwoods preacher.

scottishmummy · 23/07/2014 21:03

I know someone with gaelic name,they habitually have to correct it,pronounce it
But theyre used to it now,as it happens so often.they live down the road
All im saying if you think mispronunciation will irk,you'll need to expect it and go with it

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sandberry · 23/07/2014 20:59

The Irish comment makes me feel better actually, I like names like Saoirse, Aoife, Aisling, Niamh etc and here there are lots of kids with names that aren't pronounceable on first sight for English people. Kacper for example or Zvi. A Job would be in good company.

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Bowlersarm · 23/07/2014 20:59

I'm not convinced mn is a true reflection of anything in RL. Little I see on here is relevant to my RL.

However as it seems to cause controversy, try sounding it out with people you know.

scottishmummy · 23/07/2014 20:59

Nonetheless it'll be job,as its commonly by sight job,not joab
As anyone with a mispronounced name will tell you,even correcting it doesn't always work
And as i said,on lists,receiving calls,invites it'll habitually require correcting,no its joab

jackoff · 23/07/2014 20:59

There are thousands of people out in the world who have to correct people misspelling thier name or saying it wrong. You correct them once, they get it, mistake is usually not made again.

If you love the name OP, and the spelling, then you go for it. I think it's lovely that you care so much for keeping the original spelling to hold onto the meaning of it.

Bowlersarm · 23/07/2014 20:56

It only needs correcting once at nursery etc.

And if the OP goes for it, she'll no doubt ensure his teacher etc knows how to pronounce it from the outset.

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sandberry · 23/07/2014 20:56

Hmm maybe not cultural literacy then perhaps biblical literacy, after all there is no such name as Job in job centre (though to be fair I pronounced it like that for years and thought it was an awful name so call me culturally/biblically illiterate)

I don't want it pronounced Joab although perhaps Joab in some accents would sound like Jobe, to me it would be Joe-ab and I know Job would be pronounced Job as in Job centre by most people, I'm just having a hard time letting go of it. Short, biblical, perfect name except for universal dislike here (and probably in the real world too)

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MilkandCereal · 23/07/2014 20:54

Job is awful. And not an easy name to live with.

It's very unlikely to be pronounced correctly too. An Irish friend at college had her name pronounced incorrectly constantly,no matter how often she told people how to say it. I'd expect the same to be true of Job.

scottishmummy · 23/07/2014 20:53

When his mum there yes
Read from a list,random calls,other folk,no

Bowlersarm · 23/07/2014 20:52

Of course it will be pronounced correctly, because that's how he will be introduced.

scottishmummy · 23/07/2014 20:48

Its nothing to do with culturally literacy,what a patronising thing to say
Picking a name likely to be mispronounced doesn't make you culturally literate
Proceed with job,if you want but it'll not be pronounced joab

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sandberry · 23/07/2014 20:44

I really don't like the e, Jobe just looks wrong but it is an option.
Joab is a different name and the meaning is lost. I would pronounced Joab- Joe ab not Jobe.

Born, live and probably will die in London, so Job may be mispronounced but not likely to be associated with shit. If he went up North he could always go by Joe or add the e.

Can always test people's cultural literacy by their pronunciation Wink

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Yamyoid · 23/07/2014 20:36

There's a puppet on that doctor programme on cbeebies - dr ranj. He's called Joby. The first time I saw it, I was Shock because of jobbie.
Sorry.
How about Toby?
If you go with Job, I think you should spell it Jobe or Joab but then you might upset some religious pedants! I think there's a lot of people unfamiliar with the bible who really won't have a clue how to pronounce it.

PuppyMonkey · 23/07/2014 20:36

Tbh it also makes me think of blow job. Blush

Onesleeptillwembley · 23/07/2014 20:27

That is weird. I'm originally from Bolton, lived in Manc in the mid 80's and have known it all my life.

fanjobiscuits · 23/07/2014 20:24

I wouldn't want it as a name because Job isn't a very happy story really.

HamAndPlaques · 23/07/2014 20:22

How about Josiah, nn Jed? (especially if you're a fan of the West Wing)

scottishmummy · 23/07/2014 20:21

A life of correcting pronunciation if you pick job,as in job centre.it wont be jobe
And if you venture to scotland the jobbie or job centre will be the association
At a push itll be joab,as in get a joab doon the joab centre

CaptainSinker · 23/07/2014 20:19

Both jobby and Joaby are slang for shit in Scotland.

Also most people would pronounce Job like, well, job.

Bowlersarm · 23/07/2014 20:18

No it's not job as in jobbie.

If you live in the south OP I don't think that it'll matter. I've never heard job referred to as a poo, nevermind that's not how it is pronounced.

I don't like strange spellings normally but I'd be tempted to use it with an e on the end. Or job on bc but inclined to use an e in everyday life.

Pangaea · 23/07/2014 20:15

That's so weird Onesleep. I'm from Manchester and have never heard it.