How do you pronounce Josefina (Corresponding to Kirsten post)

[Molly92]

I definitly know it is pronounced

'Ho'sefina (the J sound in Spanish/Mexican is not the same as in English.)

I sometimes hear people say Joe - sefina still after all these years she has been out.

[MaryCarly]

I made the J sound a few times when Josefina first came out, but my dd had read the books and was VERY quick to correct me. lol

[uktmw]

Originally posted by Molly92:
'Ho'sefina (the J sound in Spanish/Mexican is not the same as in English.)

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I know it's supposed to be pronouced this way, but I still tend to pronouce it "Joe-sefina". [img]redface.gif[/img]

[PrincessRuthie]

Correctly with an H. I can't say JOE-sefina anymore because it sounds weird.

[thepidget]

I say Ho-sah-fee-nah. I didn't take my high school Spanish classes for nothin'. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[robin0850]

I say "Ho-sefina" because I already knew it was supposed to be that way. Lucky for me--I hate to change! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[jessicasturm]

I say Joe-sefina. I know it is wrong, but I think it just sounds prettier... [img]redface.gif[/img]

[Nethilia]

Ho-say-fee-nah.

I grew up with a lot of Latinos, so I learned to change Spanish J's to H at a young age.

[Joyfulone]

I definitely say ho-seh-fee-nah... I'm not quite fluent in spanish, but "joe" sefina sounds weird to me, knowing her nationality.

[aggirl479]

I definitely pronounce it Ho-se-feen-uh, and whenever someone pronounces the beginning like "Joe," I correct them, lol. I started out saying it like Joe-se-feen-uh (when I was like 6, lol), but soon I learned how to correctly pronounce it (my cousin told me how), and I've said it that way ever since [img]smile.gif[/img] . I think it "flows" better.