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Re: Chrysacona - a Greek name? + and other names
In Dutch, "oe" is pronounced as a long "u", as in "who", so Zazoe is the Dutch phonetic spelling of Zazu or Zasu, as in the early film actress ZaSu Pitts. Although, funnily enough, Pitts apparently pronounced her name say-zoo....
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Interesting, thanks. Wikipedia says that ZaSu Pitts' name was a combination of her aunts' names Eliza and Susan, so that would also be Zazoe's origin.
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