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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 17:11:43 GMT
Jeanne.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 3, 2018 17:14:14 GMT
Depends on the owner of the name. In the US most would pronounce it as Jean. Zhawn if she's French.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 17:14:41 GMT
Jean/gene. How do you pronounce it?
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Post by its me mg on Jun 3, 2018 17:16:04 GMT
The Jeanne I Know pronounces it "Genie"
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Post by gillyp on Jun 3, 2018 17:17:04 GMT
Depends on the owner of the name. In the US most would pronounce it as Jean. Zhawn if she's French. This although I have heard it pronounced as Jan too. |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 3, 2018 17:17:44 GMT
Nothing surprises me with names. If I was to guess, I'd go with Jean - but with the popularity of double names, I could see Jeee-Ann as well.
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Post by lucyg on Jun 3, 2018 17:17:59 GMT
Jean or the French pronunciation. But I have heard of people who pronounce it Jeanie. It annoys me, but I guess it's their business.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 3, 2018 17:18:52 GMT
Just seeing it in writing I would say jean/gene in my head.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jun 3, 2018 17:42:18 GMT
Jeanne Robertson the comedian pronounces hers as Jeanie. In the UK we would pronounce it as Jean. I would check.
The French pronunciation is Zhann (rhymes with can) which is the female name. That is different from the French pronunciation of Jean, the male name, which is Zhawn (rhymes with dawn). Both are derived from John.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 17:44:06 GMT
However the person whose name it is asks me to.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 3, 2018 17:50:46 GMT
Jean or Jean-nie, depending on what the person wanted. MIL’s given middle name was spelled Joan but her mother pronounced it Jo-Ann which confused everyone. MIL hated that so much that when she married FIL she officially changed the spelling to Joann. Problem solved!
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 3, 2018 17:54:58 GMT
I would ask. My first choice would be to say GeeNee.
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Post by Skellinton on Jun 3, 2018 17:56:54 GMT
However the person whose name it is asks me to. Of course, most people would, but there are times that you need to say the name before you can ask or listen to how they pronounce it. Just reading it and if I had to guess I would say Jean, but wouldn’t be surprised to hear it Jeannie or any other variation posted above. |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jun 3, 2018 17:59:15 GMT
It was my dad's mother's name. He doesn't talk about her so I have no idea! #truestory. I could ask but I don't want to.
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Post by stampinbetsy on Jun 3, 2018 18:55:13 GMT
Jean or Jean-nie, depending on what the person wanted. MIL’s given middle name was spelled Joan but her mother pronounced it Jo-Ann which confused everyone. MIL hated that so much that when she married FIL she officially changed the spelling to Joann. Problem solved! I know someone who is JoAn - Joann. I would pronounce Jeanne as Jean unless I was told different. |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 3, 2018 19:00:11 GMT
Jean or Jean-nie, depending on what the person wanted. MIL’s given middle name was spelled Joan but her mother pronounced it Jo-Ann which confused everyone. MIL hated that so much that when she married FIL she officially changed the spelling to Joann. Problem solved! This was exactly why I through out Jee-Ann as a possibility. I know one Joan, pronounced Joann and an Evelyn pronounced Evie-lynn. It's like a new movement to take traditional names and break them into new sounds. |
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Post by miaow on Jun 3, 2018 19:04:44 GMT
Jean-ie or Ja-neen
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 3, 2018 19:17:37 GMT
Jean or Jean-nie, depending on what the person wanted. MIL’s given middle name was spelled Joan but her mother pronounced it Jo-Ann which confused everyone. MIL hated that so much that when she married FIL she officially changed the spelling to Joann. Problem solved! This was exactly why I through out Jee-Ann as a possibility. I know one Joan, pronounced Joann and an Evelyn pronounced Evie-lynn. It's like a new movement to take traditional names and break them into new sounds. It would never occur to me to pronounce Joan as JoAnn or Jeanne as JeAnne. When MIL told us the story about her middle name, I thought it very odd that her mom spelled it one way but pronounced it in a totally different, unintuitive way. If she wanted the name pronounced Joann why not just spell it Joann?  Maybe DH’s grandma was just being Cre8ive, LOL. ETA: his mom would be in her mid 70’s if she was still alive so DGMIL was way ahead of her time!  |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 3, 2018 19:48:42 GMT
I grew up in Illinois, and I would pronounce it Jean-ee.
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Post by cmpeter on Jun 3, 2018 19:54:06 GMT
Jeanie...because that’s how the one person I know who spells her name that way, pronounces it.
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Post by anniefb on Jun 3, 2018 19:54:18 GMT
Jean unless told otherwise.
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Post by hop2 on Jun 3, 2018 20:04:08 GMT
Depends on the owner of the name. In the US most would pronounce it as Jean. Zhawn if she's French. Unless otherwise corrected I’d have pronounced it Jean as well A girl I knew who said the proper French pronunciation of her name Jeanne was Jen-nae? I guess that’s just how she wants it pronounced then. Nothing surprises me about how people pronounce names. I’m good with it, just don’t change your preference on me once I get it right, my brain doesn’t switch so easily. |
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Post by Zee on Jun 3, 2018 20:05:47 GMT
I hear Jean and Jeanie for this about equally.
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Post by gar on Jun 3, 2018 20:15:21 GMT
I’m interested in how you get Janeen from Jeanne |
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Post by bc2ca on Jun 3, 2018 20:18:49 GMT
The Jeanne I Know pronounces it "Genie"  ditto |
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Post by leftturnonly on Jun 3, 2018 20:19:05 GMT
Jean (sounds like Gene) is more typically spelled this way from what I've seen.
Jeanne could be pronounced Jean, Jeannie or the French way that sounds more like Zhen
ETA - my French teacher change my name to Jeanne and pronounced it in one syllable that began with a Zh sound.
I hated the name. My name doesn't even begin with a J.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 3, 2018 20:20:48 GMT
I am a Jeanne and it pronounced Jean. My step mother was also a Jeanne and she pronounced it Jean E. Both ways I guess.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jun 3, 2018 20:29:57 GMT
Depends on the owner of the name. In the US most would pronounce it as Jean. Zhawn if she's French. Unless otherwise corrected I’d have pronounced it Jean as well A girl I knew who said the proper French pronunciation of her name Jeanne was Jen-nae? I guess that’s just how she wants it pronounced then. Nothing surprises me about how people pronounce names. I’m good with it, just don’t change your preference on me once I get it right, my brain doesn’t switch so easily. If there was the accent mark over the last E, that would be true. (I know someone's gonna come tell me that it's not an accent mark in French, but whatever it's actually called, it's the mark that signals in French that you pronounce the E with an "ay" sound. Like in fiance/finacee... if only I knew how to make that mark on my keyboard.) |
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Post by vpohlman on Jun 3, 2018 21:26:43 GMT
My middle name is Joan, pronounced JoAnn. So was my mom's. I never asked either mom or Grandma why it was the case, so I guess I'll never know! Grandma's name was Johanna, maybe that had something to do with it?!
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Post by lucyg on Jun 3, 2018 21:40:06 GMT
I am a Jeanne and it pronounced Jean. My step mother was also a Jeanne and she pronounced it Jean E. Both ways I guess. I thought you were a Nancy! Now I'm going to have to get used to thinking of you as Jeanne. |
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ditto
