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For me names are personal nouns and are pronounced as the owner indicates. Yet - there is variance - and this variance, at least to me, brings diffuse elements of personalization.

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I mentioned recently that a lady pronounces my name as Bawbuwa: this is how her diction of the "b" & "r" combination naturally phonates. Honestly - I find this adorable. Others naturally pronounce my name differently - and still, without mispronunciation - or at least I wouldn't believe that anyone is trying to muff it.

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When the letter "I" functions as a schwa, or a letter "e" suffix is silent, but supposedly affects the vowel which precedes it - I would rarely be fully aware that such were so unless / until given an auditory example to imitate.

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I would hesitantly pronounce "Jasmin" with a traditional J (not "y" as though a consonant) sonority, and "Yazmin" with 'Y' as though a traditional consonant, but honestly, I would be hesitant before trying to pronounce a person with such a spelling, as I simply would not want to mispronounce a (the) person's name.

This message was edited 8/26/2018, 1:14 PM

I automatically pronounce it yaz-MEEN. It's definitely acceptable and I think you'd find many people who'd pronounce the name the way you prefer. BTW, I prefer the Yasmine spelling as well.

I think yaz-meen might work better if you're of Middle Eastern background. If you're not, it might be better to just use yaz-min.

I say YAZmeen; maybe more like YAHZmeen.

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ETA try to find people where you live whose ethnic etc origins mean they are familiar with the name IRL, and ask them.

This message was edited 8/25/2018, 1:22 AM

I would immeadiately pronounce it yaz-MEEN

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Husband pronounced it the same.

YAZ-min is the only pronunciation given for Yasmin on BtN, too, but I've always pronounced that like Yasmeen.

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You could pronounce Yasmine the same without it being weird, since the e is silent either way, and jess-uh-meen is an acceptable pronunciation for Jessamine.