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Sherry

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Aug 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/21/99
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OK..help me out here girls.
How do you pronounce Jacobean?

Jack - o - be - un

or

Ja - cobian

It's driving me nuts.

sherry

Judith Puddy

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Aug 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/21/99
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It always sounds wrong to me, but the first pronunciation is correct --
the one with "Jack" in it.

Judy


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Monica L. Tittle

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Aug 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/21/99
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On Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:00:46 GMT, quil...@usa.com (Sherry ) wrote:

>OK..help me out here girls.
>How do you pronounce Jacobean?
>

All of my history profs. pronounced it Jack-a-ben, emphasis on the
Jack.


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jeanne

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Aug 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/22/99
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i use the 2nd choice, though i did have to say them both out loud to be
sure.
i usually go "nucking futz"
jeanne
nz

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>OK..help me out here girls.
>How do you pronounce Jacobean?
>

Judy

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Aug 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/22/99
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yes, well, down here it is usually pronounced Jack-o-be-an or
Jay-co-be-an, with the emphasis on the first syllable in both cases. This
latter pronunciation seems to roll more smoothly off the tongue
Judy (Caboolture, QLD. Aust)

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> On Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:00:46 GMT, quil...@usa.com (Sherry ) wrote:
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Anne Cruickshank

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Aug 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/22/99
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Judy wrote in message <37bf9...@pink.one.net.au>...

>yes, well, down here it is usually pronounced Jack-o-be-an or
>Jay-co-be-an, with the emphasis on the first syllable in both cases. This
>latter pronunciation seems to roll more smoothly off the tongue
>Judy (Caboolture, QLD. Aust)


In the UK we pronounce it exactly as Judy has described it the first way,
usually cutting short the 'o' in the clipped English way.

Anne, Sussex, UK

Cher Ann Holt-fortin

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Aug 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/22/99
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Jack o be an

But like much else in pronounciation, it may be regional.


Cher
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The Schroninos

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Aug 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/22/99
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I pronounce it Jake O Be In

Jill Schroeder
Sacramento, CA

Susan Ford

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Aug 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/23/99
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"You say to may to, I say to ma to
You say po tay to, I say po ta to,
Let's call the whole thing off... :)

I say it both ways... usually at the same time...

Susan

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Susan Sisk

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Jacobean (jàk´e-bê´en) adjective
Of or having to do with the reign of James I of England or his times.

noun
A prominent figure during this period.

[From New Latin Jacobaeus, from Latin Iacobus, James, Jacob. See jack.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
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> OK..help me out here girls.
> How do you pronounce Jacobean?
>

Tricia McVey

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Aug 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/23/99
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Pat Campbell is of Scottish descent. Jacobean refers to loyalists to king
James, Jacobites. Its the adj form. Pronounced originally Jack -uh- bee-
uhn. Refers also the artistic style of that period in Scotland of the
Jacobite rebellions.

P.S. I don't know Pat Campbell or if she knows she's of Scottish descent,
but I'd bet she does. My DH is chairman of Tartan Day in US. We try to
keep up with these things.

Dragonfly

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Aug 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/23/99
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After reading all these pronounciations, I don't remember how I say it!
It's either Jay-KO-bee-an or JAKE-oh-bee-an. I think. LOL!
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Suzie or Paul Beckwith

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Aug 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/23/99
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On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 16:38:34 +1200, "jeanne" <san...@ihug.co.nz>
wrote:

>i use the 2nd choice, though i did have to say them both out loud to be
>sure.
>i usually go "nucking futz"
>jeanne
>nz

You gettin' your muckin' words fuddled again Jeanne?

Suzie B (runnin' for the asbestos knickers again)
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Marissa

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Aug 24, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/24/99
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jack-o-be-un (or an, as in another)

Sherry wrote:
>
> OK..help me out here girls.
> How do you pronounce Jacobean?
>

> Jack - o - be - un
>
> or
>
> Ja - cobian
>
> It's driving me nuts.
>
> sherry

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