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HelpPronunciation of Juliet?
I know it seems weird to ask, but I always correct the way my mother says it.
Then today I saw that this site has the way the pronounces it listed as the correct way to say it.
She says something that sounds like JEW-lee-et.
(It's my cat's name and I always tell her my cat isn't Jewish.)
I say JOOL-lee-et.
So, how do you say it?
Then today I saw that this site has the way the pronounces it listed as the correct way to say it.
She says something that sounds like JEW-lee-et.
(It's my cat's name and I always tell her my cat isn't Jewish.)
I say JOOL-lee-et.
So, how do you say it?
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JEW-lee-et and JOO-lee-et sound the same to me.
I say both JOO-lee-et and joo-lee-ET depending on context.
I say both JOO-lee-et and joo-lee-ET depending on context.
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I say JOO-lee-et (same as JEW-lee-et). JOOL-lee-et sounds odd to me.
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JEW-lee-et. JOOL-ee-et has only a very subtle difference, but it sounds odd to me.
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I don't really hear a difference between JEW-lee-et and JOOL-lee-et. But I would say I connect the Julie part more, so it's closer to your pronunciation: JOO-lee-et. I love Juliet and the nickname Julie for it.
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I read what else you wrote and I definitely pronounce it JOO-lee-et (more like your mom). I don't say JOOL-ee-et it's super hard to say and I have to say it very slowly in order to get that pronunciation and then it still kind of sounds the same.
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I read what else you wrote and I definitely pronounce it JOO-lee-et (more like your mom). I don't say JOOL-ee-et it's super hard to say and I have to say it very slowly in order to get that pronunciation and then it still kind of sounds the same.
This message was edited 11/1/2011, 4:54 AM
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JOO-lee-et/ JOO-lee-yet)
I definitely don't repeat the L sound on both syllables. I could see pronouncing it JOOL-ee-et/ JOOL-ee-yet with the L sound on the first syllable rather than the second, but repeating the L sound sounds very strange (and difficult) to me unless I say it really slowly.
I definitely don't repeat the L sound on both syllables. I could see pronouncing it JOOL-ee-et/ JOOL-ee-yet with the L sound on the first syllable rather than the second, but repeating the L sound sounds very strange (and difficult) to me unless I say it really slowly.
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The L sound isn't repeated. I had no idea this would be so difficult to get across to people. I guess I just slur the L so it ends one syllable and begins the next one more smoothly. My mother stops more abruptly after the first syllable without a L sound at all.
Again, wish this could have been a voice post.
Again, wish this could have been a voice post.
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I'm with your mum!
But, if you want to be horrified (it's a day after Hallowe'en, but better late than never), SouthAfrica is full to the brim with people who say jew-lee-ET, like some nasty blend of the English and the French. Ask any English teacher! And the fact that this destroys some of that nice Mr Shakespeare's better rhythms bothers them not at all.
But, if you want to be horrified (it's a day after Hallowe'en, but better late than never), SouthAfrica is full to the brim with people who say jew-lee-ET, like some nasty blend of the English and the French. Ask any English teacher! And the fact that this destroys some of that nice Mr Shakespeare's better rhythms bothers them not at all.
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They're so similar that it's difficult to tell the difference, however, I do think of the 'Jul' part when I pronounce Juliet.
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JEW and JOO sound the same to me. The first syllable sound like Jew, too, etc. In any case, there is one difference in our pronunciations I can spot: you stress the first syllable, while I emphasize the last.
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I can agree with the first and last syllable thing.
The arguement wasn't JEW vs JOO though. It was JEW vs JOOL (pretty much like Jule).
The arguement wasn't JEW vs JOO though. It was JEW vs JOOL (pretty much like Jule).
This message was edited 10/31/2011, 9:50 PM
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Usually I say jool-lee-ET, but I also say JOOL-lee-et. Never JEW-lee-et though :P
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I can certainly see the jool-lee-ET argument. I've said it that way before as well.
Fair, fair. :)
Fair, fair. :)
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I've never put too much thought into it. I guess I do more of a JUlie-ett, so probably closer to your mom's pn JOO-lee-et
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Those sound pretty much the same to me.
I pronounce it with the emphasis on the last syllable, though -- joo/jew-lee-ET.
I pronounce it with the emphasis on the last syllable, though -- joo/jew-lee-ET.
This message was edited 10/31/2011, 7:50 PM
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How are those different??
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I pronounce the first syllable very similar to "Jule" she pronounces the first syllable as "Jew."
JULE-lee-et
JEW-lee-et
JULE-lee-et
JEW-lee-et
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I pronounce it JOO-lee-et.
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Do you stop between syllables or something? I don't see how Jool is different from Jew+l
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I think the difference must be like the difference between saying ew (yuck) and oo (neato).
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EXACTLY!! THANK YOU!!...
-take this circus-
-take this circus-
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but wouldn't oo as in neato sound like the oe in Joe and toe etc? Because I don't know anyone who says JOE-lee-et or JO-lee-et. It always sounds like JOO-lee-et/JEW-lee-et just as Julie sounds like JEW-lee. Just wondering.
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I meant when people say "Ooooh" and they mean something is nifty/neato - not like a sound in the word "neato" but just the ooo sound like BOO! or cool or .... for me, like Juuuuliet.
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OH MY GOD there is still no difference you are all CRAZY
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Wish I could make a voice post...
-juliet, the dice were loaded from the start-
-juliet, the dice were loaded from the start-
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then I also say it more like your mom: JOO-lee-et
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I say it more like your mom - JOO-lee-et.
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I pronounce Juliet as ju-lee-YETT.
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