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[Surname] Pronunciation of Iocabescu?
As the title says. It's a Jewish Romanian surname.______________________________"....A simple I love you means more than money...."- Frank Sinatra
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Are you sure of the spelling? I would have expected Iacobescu, "son of Jacob", but maybe Iocab is the Romanian form of Jacob (anybody own a Romanian Bible?)
So it's yo-kabbess-koo, or yah-kubess-koo, depending on the spelling. In either case the stress is on the -ESC- syllable.
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Thank you! I thought it might mean "son of Jacob" so now I know I'm not just being random. ¦DThis helps very much. :)______________________________"....A simple I love you means more than money...."- Frank Sinatra
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I hang my head in shame! Iocabescu is the correct spelling. How could I have doubted it? Not the first time I've made a fool of myself on this message board.
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Nah, I do stuff like that all the time. XD______________________________"....A simple I love you means more than money...."- Frank Sinatra
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