HOW TO PRONOUNCE
josie
/ˈdʒoʊzi/
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What does josie mean?
proper noun
- A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.
- Johannesburg.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdʒoʊzi/
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In the joy of seeing a familiar face Anne forgot that there had never been much love lost between her and Josie.
“Josie Pye will be just like her when she grows up,” said Diana.
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It grieved Josie, and great awkward John walked nine miles every day to see his little brother through the bars of Lebanon jail.
“Anne seems to me real stately and like a queen. But I’d like Kerrenhappuch if it happened to be your name. I think people make their names nice or ugly just by what they are themselves. I can’t bear Josie or Gertie for names now but before I knew the Pye girls I thought them real pretty.”