HOw do you say Joss Whedon's name?

POSTED BY: Jonwes
UPDATED: Friday, July 4, 2008 17:46
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JONWES

Saturday, May 18, 2002 7:43 AM

I assumed it was "Hoss Wee-dun"
But my friend think's it's "Joss Wee-dun" with a hard J sound.

TIEKA

Saturday, May 18, 2002 12:45 PM

Originally posted by Jonwes:
I assumed it was "Hoss Wee-dun"
But my friend think's it's "Joss Wee-dun" with a hard J sound.

It is a bit confusing. Jesus is pronounced "Hey zeus" but that is the Spanish American way. Since Joss doesn't look Spanish, I pronounce it with the hard "J".

Tieka,
who just watched Die Hard III.
"He was saying 'Hey, Zeus' not Jesus"

HAKEN

Saturday, May 18, 2002 5:12 PM

I think it's the latter.

NOVAGRASS

Sunday, May 19, 2002 3:16 AM

Originally posted by Jonwes:
But my friend think's it's "Joss Wee-dun" with a hard J sound.

You're friend is right.

JONWES

Sunday, May 19, 2002 7:08 AM

Glad I didn't have money on it. Thanks all.

NOVAGRASS

Sunday, May 19, 2002 10:37 PM

For a long time, I thought it was pronounced all swedish like

"Yohss Weedon" is how i thought it was prnounced. Glad I got that cleared up quickly... some embarassment may have ensued.

HJERMSTED

Monday, May 20, 2002 9:54 PM

Think of him as your favorite Scandinavian Rastafari:

Jah Sweden

mattro

SHAMUS

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:16 AM

For what it's worth... "Joss" means "Luck" in Chinese. JW said (in old interview) his parents were going through a hippy phase when he was named.

BTW: "Scandinavian Rastafari" :biggrin

STEALTHGUY

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:00 PM

You're close. I read a quote from Joss himself saying that everyone incorrectly pronounces it "Josh." He said that it is actually pronounced like Hoss from Bonanza, except with a "J." I feel he meant that it rhymes with Hoss, not that it is Hoss. Therefore, I am pretty certain that it is a hard J.

MALCOLM

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:39 PM

It's all coming into focus now... the Chinese name, the Hoss from Bonanza reference. All we're missing is a childhood collection of Coleoptera Lampyridae.

SHAMUS

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 9:03 PM

"Coleoptera Lampyridae" ... That's the title for the BBC version, right?

MALCOLM

Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:06 AM

Originally posted by shamus:
"Coleoptera Lampyridae" ... That's the title for the BBC version, right?

Close, the Discovery Channel.

SGTGUMP

Friday, July 4, 2008 11:21 AM

bump

FILLYGIRL

Friday, July 4, 2008 11:26 AM

psst, registration(sp) is open over at Whedonesque, get over and register now, I know it will only be open today and maybe the week-end, thats how they do it, open on the holidays.

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

KHYRON

Friday, July 4, 2008 11:40 AM

How does one pronounce Jonwes's name?

I assumed it was "Honwes", but my friend thinks it's Welsh and is therefore actually pronounced "Martin Brundle".

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EMBERS

Friday, July 4, 2008 2:50 PM

here you can see him having trouble keeping his own name straight:

New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816
DON'T MISS DR.HORRIBLE! Nathan Fillion sings!!!!!

ECGORDON

Friday, July 4, 2008 3:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by shamus:
For what it's worth... "Joss" means "Luck" in Chinese. JW said (in old interview) his parents were going through a hippy phase when he was named.

Since someone else dredged up this very old thread I thought it best to correct this misconception. You must have misheard what Joss said in that interview because his parents did not name him that, he adopted the name himself or it was a nickname given him. His birth name is Joseph Hill Whedon.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

SIMONWHO

Friday, July 4, 2008 5:46 PM

At one of the Serenity conventions, Nathan gave us lessons in how to pronounce the names of his co-stars; Alan Tudyk was "Two and" followed by him pointing to a certain part of his anatomy. Gina Torres: "Gy-na".

He must get into lots of trouble.