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How do I say this name?

41 replies

CornishPastyPirate · 20/07/2022 22:19

Good evening
the name I’m struggling with is Jou’lez
is it the same as joules? or completely different?
i can’t find this spelling anywear and it’s the name of my friends new son so I would like to know how I should say it ( I could ask her I know !)
thank you x

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Luredbyapomegranate · 21/07/2022 07:09

It’s a name she invented I imagine so just ask her

fallfallfall · 21/07/2022 06:32

Julie each and every time

Zonder · 21/07/2022 06:30

Skelligsfeathers · 20/07/2022 22:24

I would say " what on earth were you thinking?"

This.

It's not Breton, it's fiction.

SpringIntoChaos · 21/07/2022 06:25

I'd just say something like, 'What an interesting name...how are you pronouncing it?' (Whilst inwardly feeling sorry for the poor kid who will be spending his entire life answering this question!) 😱🙄

mrsfoof · 20/07/2022 23:02

It looks like it should be pronounced as though it was French. So zhu (joo with a soft 'j')-lay.

PilatesWife · 20/07/2022 23:00

What-the-actual-fuck. Or Joo-leez. Depending on your level of politeness.

daisypond · 20/07/2022 22:56

Is it from a particular culture or country? Not a name I recognise.

PinkButtercups · 20/07/2022 22:53

I'd*

PinkButtercups · 20/07/2022 22:53

If assume Joules but I wouldn't like to take a guess without asking her tbh.

lbbean · 20/07/2022 22:40

I’d assume it’s said like Jules/Jools

FirstFallopians · 20/07/2022 22:31

Just ask her!

The sooner she becomes accustomed to people looking puzzled and asking for clarification the better.

Footbal · 20/07/2022 22:30

Zhu lay

bitelover · 20/07/2022 22:26

I would assume it's the same as Jools. Unless there's a different culture or language involved? (The apostrophe reminds me a bit of Breton names.)

EveSix · 20/07/2022 22:26

Erm... if she made it up, your only hope is to ask her. Oh boy.

Skelligsfeathers · 20/07/2022 22:24

I would say " what on earth were you thinking?"

mistermagpie · 20/07/2022 22:22

I would say it zhu-lay, I think, with like a soft 'j' at the start?

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