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I feel like this thread/discussion happens all the time.
Firstly my name is spelled Bassel, which means courageous/lionhearted...suckas
Secondly, it's pronounced "beh-sell" but growing up no one could ever get that right. Because people are stupid it was always pronounced "ba-zel", or basil (both as the herb and the English name).
One of my best friends in high school dropped the "el" and just started calling me "baz"...I leave it Bas because there's no z in my name. I'm sure that causes a lot of confusion among some more worldly people being that Bas is actually a Dutch (I think?) name that's usually pronounced "boz".
It's definitely not like bass, bass, base, or boss.

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