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amother
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Post Thu, Feb 07 2019, 3:50 pm
Does the name Yehudis work in EY? I really don't want the name to be turned into "yehuDEET." No offense to any with that name. I know a couple of people named Yehudis, but I don't feel like I know them well enough to ask if they get called the Israeli pronunciation all the time.

Also, is it weird that my DH is named Yonatan? (not really but something like that) I mean would it be super weird to have a "tav" and a "sav" in the same family?
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essie14




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Feb 07 2019, 4:08 pm
It will become YehuDEET by every Hebrew speaker. All your neighbors, all your daughter's teachers, all her friends in school, every doctor, every gov office,etc, etc.

You might be able to convince your Anglo friends to call her Yehudis but I really don't think it will stick.


No Israelis that I know of call their kids names with a "sav".
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Ruchel




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Feb 07 2019, 4:17 pm
Charedi will get it esp if you explain
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amother
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Post Thu, Feb 07 2019, 4:56 pm
amother wrote:
Does the name Yehudis work in EY? I really don't want the name to be turned into "yehuDEET." No offense to any with that name. I know a couple of people named Yehudis, but I don't feel like I know them well enough to ask if they get called the Israeli pronunciation all the time.

Also, is it weird that my DH is named Yonatan? (not really but something like that) I mean would it be super weird to have a "tav" and a "sav" in the same family?


I have a niece named Bas-sheva. Only her parents call her that. Everyone else, including her siblings, call her Bat-sheva (and she's the oldest!). That's how it works in Israel.

And yes...IMO it would b super weird to have a "tav" and "sav" in the same family. It's not going to last very long.
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amother
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Post Sat, Feb 09 2019, 7:10 pm
The Israelis will all call her Yu-deet.

I love the name Yehudis but gave it as a second name for this reason.
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etky




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Feb 10 2019, 12:35 am
amother wrote:
The Israelis will all call her Yu-deet.

I love the name Yehudis but gave it as a second name for this reason.


That was true at one time but I've noticed that lately there are plenty of Ye-hoo-DEETs - the name fully articulated and with the accent on the last syllable.
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amother
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Post Sun, Feb 10 2019, 8:53 am
My daughter is yehudis, we live in israel, everyone besides immediate family calls her ye-hu-deet. I'm fine with it, so is she.
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