I know I have posted a few time on her about this... but I just dont get it.
We are naming our DS2 Joel Thomas (Thomas is a family name).
When you read Joel what do you think this name is?
Joe-l
or
Jo-ell (like Noelle)
I have had a hand full of friends tell me on FB and text (we moved out of state so we dont all talk very often) he they love the name, its a great pick..whatever. THEN when I talk to them they bring up how they love the name, but it is Joe-l, or Joelle? REALLY??? I thought I picked a straight forward name..humm
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Methinks your friends are idiots. Why on earth would Joel be pronounced like Joelle?
Anyone who can't pronounce Joel is an idiot IMO. It's a basic, straightforward name. If you were spelling it Joell or something things might be different, but who doesn't know that Joel=rhymes with bowl?
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This is what I was thinking but the person I know who pronounces it like that spells it Johel. He is Hispanic.
Joel rhymes with bowl.
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I had a friend in college who we jokingly referred to as Jo-elle. (his name was Joel).
So...I guess Joel has the teasing potential to become Jo-elle. But that's not how you say it.
Same here. I don't see how there are multiple pronunciations of this name. It is a straight forward, solid boy name.
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Agreed 100%
I'd tell them, "yeah, Jo-elle. Like that famous singer guy Billy Joelle"...But I'm sarcastic & kind of mean
This. And anyone I've ever known named Joel pronounces it this way also. I wouldn't have even thought that it could be pronounced more than one way.
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Absolutely this. Great name!
I agree with this. I would say Joel rhymes with bowl also but I had a Hispanic boy on my class this past year who pronounced it like Joelle.
Definitely Joel, if you're English speaking people.
I have a friend who is married to a guy named Joel who pronounces it Jo-elle (with a soft J sound). He's French Canadian, though.
This. It is a straightforward boy name, your friends are a little slow or they secretly don't like the name and are trying to dissuade you.
This. Why would they have trouble with this name? It seems pretty straightforward to me.
No, I haven't. And it doesn't make any sense to me how it would be pronounced like Jo-elle in the Hispanic community. Following that logic it would be pronounced like Hole or Ho-ale. The J would be soft H sound like in Jaime, Juan, Jose, Jorge, and Javier.
Do they not know Billy Joel?
Seriously?
I think you need smarter friends! (j/k!)
This.
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Me too. But recently I've learned that different parts of the US pronounce it differently. Not sure why.
I don't know why people would pronounce that Jo-elle. I would say Joe-l. I agree with you- a very straightforward name. Have they ever heard of Billy Joel? Not that you are naming your son after him, but he's such a well-known celeb, I would think people would know how to pronounce Joel correctly. Bizarre!
Agreed.
I think traditionally (like if you lived in a Spanish speaking country or even in a Spanish speaking household) it is said as Ho-elle but the Americanized way is Jo-elle. It's just how it is. I work in a predominately Hispanic school and I've had two students names Joel (Jo-elle) as well as other students I've encountered with this name. It's not uncommon.
But yeah, if I met someone who wasn't Hispanic I would assume it was pronounced like bowl.
Uh. Ethnocentric, much? Hey, sorry entire culture of people, this white girl doesn't follow your logic so you're gonna have to go ahead and start pronouncing that extremely common ethnic name according to American pronunciation
This. I have a friend named Joel (pronounced Joe-l) but his dad's name was also Joel spelled the same but pronounced Jo-elle in the family. They were Hispanic as well.