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[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

Please comment with the area you live in/grew up in (whichever is more relevant to how you pronounce things) and the way you would pronounce this name:

Jeanne.

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[sayga.livejournal.com]

i lived in california 2 yrs, england 8 yrs, texas 3 yrs, utah 5 yrs, colorado 3 yrs, arizona 4 yrs (hey, you asked!). i would pronounce it gee-nee. i wouldn't be surprised to hear it pronounced jean either.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

well, i guess i should say "jee-nee" instead of "gee-nee." i mean jee like "gee whiz" not "gee" as in geek.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Zhanne. I grew up in southern England but with French-speaking friends (and parents). Our school violin teacher was named Jeanne, and was from Brittany.

[amyames.livejournal.com]

Nova Scotia Canada for my whole life, I would pronounce it Jean.

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

LINDSAY I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE FROM. ;D

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

rofl

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend says he'd say it like jay-ann but with a soft sounding French "j" so it would sound more like shay-ann but with a "j" sound.
He was born in Montreal but moved when he was 3.

As for me, I'm not sure how to say it. I first wanted to say it like the French guys name "Jean" but I know that's not right.

[lilfaeriegirl.livejournal.com]

jean

[lilfaeriegirl.livejournal.com]

and i grew up mostly in virginia. but ive lived in florida, colorado illinois and idaho

[http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/]

New Jersey, and "Jeen" (Jean).

Indiana

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

I'd say Jean, although Jean-ee or Jee-Anne wouldn't surprise me, either.

[traecrochet.livejournal.com]

Central New Jersey.

Jean or Gene

Its my middle name.

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

Im from Maine... my initial reaction was Jee-ann, even though I don't think thats right...

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

North New Jersey- And Jeanne like Gene- one syllable.

[julieannie.livejournal.com]

In my head I read it as Jee-nee for some reason every time I see this name. I know some pronounce it Jeen but I can't think it for some reason.

St. Louis, MO.

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

Jean.
Ontario.

[tallc00lone.livejournal.com]

jee-nee.

Valencia, California, USA

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

upstate/western new york...I'd say it Jee-nee

[holly-megan.livejournal.com]

Manitoba, Canada
"Jean" or "Genie" either or.
Although I think using that spelling for either of those pronounciations is weird.

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

I would say it Jee-Ann.
Either that or Jean.

(From FL, btw.)

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

south, but not deep south

and i would say it "jean"

[-door-.livejournal.com]

BC, Canada

My initial reaction was jee-anne, but I dont think thats right. After that I decided it was probably jean.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

just jean.

i live in new england.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Zhanne, like in French. I'm from Europe.

[mysticamor.livejournal.com]

I grew up in texas and I would pronounce it like Jean.

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

i live in southeast ohio and i would pronounce it gene/jean. but that probably has nothing to do with where i'm from and just how i read it.

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

but that probably has nothing to do with where i'm from and just how i read it.

oh, no, i totally hear that. i asked because i was considering Jeanne as a name or middle name for a minute... my little cousin has it as her middle name. she lives in Quebec and it's pronounce Zhanne, like a couple of commenters said they'd say it. I like it pronounced that way, but it looks like it wouldn't fly in the US lol.

(this isn't to say OMG YOU GUYS ARE ALL PRONOUNCING IT WRONG WTF. 'gene' or 'genie' *is* the common pronounciation in the US as far as i can tell)

thank you guys! :)

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

Grew up and live in Victoria BC Canada. I would say it gee-anne.

[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

looks like G-anne to me. I'm from the south

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I live in Virginia, and I'd pronounce it as JEEN (like blue jeans without the s).

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

I live in ON Canada and i would also say Jee-anne but have also heard G-nee

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i would pronounce is jee-nee, just because i know someone named jeanne, and that's how she pronounces it. by the way, i grew up & still live in new york.

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

I live in Michigan. and we pronounce it Jeanne I know someone named that :)

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

GEE-KNEE

[semi-sweet.livejournal.com]

i'm from pa. i'd say jean, as in blue jeans.

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

I live in St Paul MN and grew up here and that name would make me bang my head into a keyboard. I have been speaking French for 12 years, lived in France for a bit, and worked summers at a French immersion camp for 6 years.

I have no idea how I would pronounce it as an American. My French has corrupted me, and I would want to say "Zhahn," but I know that it wouldn't be that way in English.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

Lake Charles, Louisiana (in the western-most parish in Acadiana--"Cajun Country")

I saw zhahnne, or at least that's the best way I can describe it. Definite n-sound at the end, as opposed to Jean (zhawnh, with barely an 'n'--more like a nasal aw).

Weird to see it pronounced "jeen." The only thing I pronounce that way is either related to my DNA or to my everyday fashion choices.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

it's one of my aunt's middle names. her name is Carla Jeanne.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

Jean or Jean-e, I'd ask the person how they pronounce it, but would assume Jean off the bat.

(California, Virginia and Arizona mostly)

[amy-christina.livejournal.com]

I'm from PA- I'd say it JEE-Ann

[ladyjp.livejournal.com]

I'd pronounce it the French way, with the soft "je". I'm from Scotland.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

South west England. Jean like jeans.