How do you pronounce Josie?

BeachBum678

Jo-zee or Jo-see?

I've always said Jo-zee, like Rosie with a J. It never even occurred to me that you COULD say it the other way. But I've heard two different people use the second pronunciation this week, and it got me wondering how everyone else sees this name.

Oh, and FTR my DH and I just call our daughter Josephine (or sometimes Miss J. :-*) No formal nickname at all.

MarxieVonTrapp

Jo-see

But I also pronounce Rosie like Ro-see rather than Ro-zee

JMU_Bride09

Jo-see, and I pronounce Rosie as Ro-zee

HeavenBlessedMom

Joe see
Row zee

brooklynesque

I pronounce it with a z sound.

Adorable daughter, btw.

BeachBum678

brooklynesque said:

I pronounce it with a z sound.

Adorable daughter, btw.

Aww, thanks!

Dr.Loretta

With a z.

Reminds me of an acquaintance who was appalled that some people called her son Jo-zeph instead of Jo-seph. It never would have occurred to me to hear a distinction

BethPSU

I mostly say Joe zee, but I did notice the difference recently when I heard Michele Duggar referencing her youngest "Joe see".  Either way, its a slight difference.  I would attribute the variance more to regional dialect than anything else.

aerotigergirl

I pronounce it JO-see. The only Josie I know is my friend's daughter, and her name is actually Josephine. I guess the "s" sound carried over to Josie from her full name, in that case? 

gutsymama

S for me

jennypolkadots

Both. There was also a question about Loisa and rather it was s or z. Maybe something is wrong with me but I hear it easily both ways and say it both ways just depending on how fast I am saying it. Faster gets the z. It doesn't bother me at all and I like both pronounciations. 

JubilantSquirrel

Jo-zee

koalaberry

I pronounce is Jo-zee.  I'm not a fan.  Remember that Drew Berrymore movie? Never been kissed I think. "I'm not Josie-grossie anymore! I'm not josie-grossie anymore!"

allthecheese

I'd say it with an s but it can sound kinda like zed. But dint line how it sounds when people are intending to pronounce it as a zed.

@MauiBliss‌ zed!? Canadian, eh!? )

daystardreams

Jo-see

allthecheese

MauiBliss said:

j&jNY said:

I'd say it with an s but it can sound kinda like zed. But dint line how it sounds when people are intending to pronounce it as a zed. @MauiBliss‌ zed!? Canadian, eh!? )

No. Born in Germany to a French/British mother. 

so the british would say Zed????

llambrose

Jo-see

DawnJM25

JMU_Bride09 said:

Jo-see, and I pronounce Rosie as Ro-zee

This.

BeachBum678

CabbageCabbage said:

Joe-see. I really dislike Joe-zee which I've heard sometimes. The sounds grates on me.

I'm actually the exact opposite of this. Love Jo-zee, hate Jo-see.

kellyfo14

With a z

PB&J714

Jo-zee

PinkDahLia44

Jo see

Helenahhandbasket

We have a Josephine, NN Josie as well. 

I say it with the "Z" sound, but I have some relatives that say Joe-see.

4N6s

Z for me.

duckie23

Jo-See, but I don't think either is incorrect.

526SadieSadie

Joe-see & Roe-zee

allthecheese

MauiBliss said:

j&jNY said:

MauiBliss said:

j&jNY said:

I'd say it with an s but it can sound kinda like zed. But dint line how it sounds when people are intending to pronounce it as a zed.

@MauiBliss‌ zed!? Canadian, eh!? )

No. Born in Germany to a French/British mother. 

so the british would say Zed????


Um...yeah. The Canadians did not, in fact, invent it. I'm confused why this is shockingly new information. It's a Commonwealth English thing.

I'm not actually in shock or anything. Lol I'm Canadian so I say zed. It was a duh moment for me catching on that Canada got it from Britain.

ETA: because I know next to nothing about Britain. Or any country besides north America

BethanyAnn27

I work with a girl named Josie...she pronounces it Jo-see.