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I'm really sorry if this offends anyone but...?

Why do we pronounce Jesus as "Geezus." and not "Hey Zeus"? Or are there people that pronounce it the other way around?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The Greek iota is equivalent to the English J (sometimes Y) - Not H.

    Yeshua (in Hebrew)

    IOsus (in Greek)

    Jesus (in English)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    "hey zeus" mows our lawns, takes out our trash, and steals our hubcaps. he's omnipresent just like geezus but we don't like to talk about him as much. some circles believe he is taking their jobs (rednecks on welfare)

    Source(s): been to mexico twice
  • ginger
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    the first one is the phonetic pronunciation, the second is the Spanish way. We say jay they say hey for the letter J

  • 1 decade ago

    It's actually pronounsed "Jee-sus" with a s not a z. It doesn't sound (or look) like Zeus.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Gee-Zus is the most common transliteration into englih. "Hey Zeus" sounds like the Hispanic pronounciation. The original pronounciation was something more like: "Yé-Shua."

  • 1 decade ago

    Why should anyone be offended by immature questions?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    cos soceitys stupid

    no offence taken, its just a fact

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Lol.. They are speaking Spanish.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    azzholes in texas and the south say that

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    mexicans

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