I've debated this for a long time and couldn't come up with an answer (I actually named a dog "zooey" and we called him "zoo-ee"). I do think "zoey" is pronounced with the hard o sound and so my best guess is zooey should use the oo sound like choose does...but I don't think there's a definite pronunciation and if I were talking to any of you about "Franny and Zooey," I'd go with either pronunciation gladly...will