[identity profile] solagirl.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames

How do you pronounce Declan? I met a woman with a baby named "DECK-len" and I assume this is the same name. I though it was pronounced deh-clHAN (Imagine Mike Myers style Scottish accent) 

Date: 2007-11-21 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nothingbuthp.livejournal.com
I say Deck-len. That's how I've heard it on the news, too--BBC's Declan Curry.

Date: 2007-11-21 09:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com
I say it deck-len.

Date: 2007-11-21 09:54 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-11-21 10:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] djador.livejournal.com
Agree with what everyone else said. DECK-lin.

Date: 2007-11-21 10:50 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-11-23 03:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] monalyssasmile.livejournal.com
I say deck-lin, that is the only way I have ever heard it.

Date: 2007-11-23 12:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortbutfast.livejournal.com
saying deck-len is an american thing while deh-clan is european.
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