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HelpRe: Jezebel
in reply to a message by Ozma
Biblical associations don't impress me one way or the other, especially since some of the characters aren't what I consider role models - look at Joshua! And Jezebel sounds pretty, in the same way as Isabel, Rosabel, Annabel ...
But I wouldn't expect to meet one in real life. Most people swallow the Bible whole, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, where I live the 'a' sound, as in fat and jazz, often sounds like an 'e' sound, as in never and heavy. So, given that Jezebel would be likely to shorten to Jez, would have that sounding exactly like Jazz in a non-standard but frequent pronunciation. And that would make my ears ache.
But I wouldn't expect to meet one in real life. Most people swallow the Bible whole, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, where I live the 'a' sound, as in fat and jazz, often sounds like an 'e' sound, as in never and heavy. So, given that Jezebel would be likely to shorten to Jez, would have that sounding exactly like Jazz in a non-standard but frequent pronunciation. And that would make my ears ache.
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