How would you pronounce Juliet?

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I posted about the name Juliet yesterday and it seems that there could be some confusion over pronunciation. So, how would you pronounce the name?

JULIE-et?
Julie-ET?

My mind says JULIE-et.
Mt mouth says Julie-ET.

This we you use is interesting . Because I have never, as I said, heard anyone say uh . Stress at the start yes, slightly. Three syllables.

25 years teaching the play!

Google clips all say et too. In English accents. ( which I very much suspect you say differently from me too...)

I think Americans pronounce it JOOliet, as they often stress the first syllable, eg CIGarette, MAGazine etc.

In the UK I think it would be JuliET.

The second one.

My DD is Juliette and we're in France. The French don't stress the last syllable like the English. Also the Ju is smooth and doesn't sound like Jew.
My husband insists it has four syllables - juu-li-é-tuh

I've drawn to conclusion that's why Juliet is considered more posh because it's missing the strong eh at the end.

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I've drawn to conclusion that's why Juliet is considered more posh because it's missing the strong eh at the end.

Posh? Why would one spell it be 'posher'?

The different spellings simply reflect the different origins. Juliette being French, Julietta Italian and Juliet English

Spelling (not spell)

I prefer the Julie-ETTE pronunciation even when it's spelt Juliet. The reason for this is that I think it sounds rather unnatural for an unstressed syllable to have a vowel sound other than a schwa or a short i. This might be something that most people are not fussy about and some hardly even hear, but it would bug me enough for me not to choose that name, or spell it Juliette, to get the pronunciation I prefer.

I wouldn't use it because of the possibility of people saying Julie-ETTE. Too serviette like. Juliet is lovely, but it ruins it.

JULIE - et

It's akin to the difference between Julian and Julianne.