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[Opinions] How would you pronounce this name?
Josqueze.This is the name of one of our agents, from whom I took a sup call this morning. The caller at one point asked me the name of the agent to whom he had spoken before I took the call. I realized at that point that I had no idea how to pronounce his name. I'd only seen his name in type in the chat and had never heard it said. So I had to wing it. Turned out I was completely incorrect in how I winged it, as I found out a few minutes later when I asked a trainer how his name is pronounced. So I thought I'd ask to see if my guess was totally ridiculous. I'll post the correct answer once I think I've received all of the responses I'll get.
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"Joe-squeeze" or "jo-skeys"
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ANSWERIt's je-KEZ. An E sound in the first syllable rather than an O sound, the S is totally silent, and the second syllable rhymes with "says."I said, "jos-QUAY-zee", lol.
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Woah! Do you know anything about where the name came from?
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Well, he's African-American, so it seems to be a part of their naming culture. I'm guessing the parents made it up. I see a lot of such names, but this is the only one that threw me for such a loop as to the pronunciation.
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ha-SKAY-say?I mean, I looked at it and said JOE-squeeze, but I wouldn't really expect it to be pronounced that way.Either way, it looks like a mess. No offense to the agent.
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Yah-KEZHOZ-kezJacques?
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joss-KWEEZ or maybe joss-KWEZ (first syllable rhymes with "toss").
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ho-SKAY-zeh?
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JAH-skweh-ZAY is how I think they'd pronounce it.I read it jo-SQUEEZE-ee

This message was edited 11/1/2014, 6:36 PM

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joss KAY zee or joss KWEE zee?
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Joss-squeeze? Possibly Joe-squeeze.
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joss-kehz or maybe johs-kehz
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Hoh-skezeh?
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This is my guess too. Is it a Jose variant or Jose smush?
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my thought exactly.
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Jos-kees?Or, is the J said as a Y?
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Wow. I would've guessed "jos-KEEZ" or "joskz"
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Um.. "jos-SKEH-zee"? "joe-SQUEE-zee"??
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Joe-SQUEH-zuh? I really want to say joe-squeeze, but the single e makes me think that's a no.
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My best guess would be Joe-SKEZZ?
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