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[apathykisses.livejournal.com]

Emmeline


How would you pronounce this? I'm pronouncing it like Clementine, but alot of the baby name sites say it's Emma-leen.

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[gipro2003.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it this way also.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

In English, the difference between those vowels is kind of negligible, depending on the word. Because the emphasis is on the first syllable, the vowel in the second gets lost a little bit. So most people would pronounce Emmeline and Emmaline pretty much the same.

With EM-me-lee-neh, you mean the second and fourth syllables have the same vowel, right? (Like the sound in the word "set"?) Wouldn't the stress be on the third syllable, though? In German I think it would be (although I'm not fluent).

[soapfaerie.livejournal.com]

"In English, the difference between those vowels is kind of negligible, depending on the word. Because the emphasis is on the first syllable, the vowel in the second gets lost a little bit. So most people would pronounce Emmeline and Emmaline pretty much the same."

This. I saw it and immediately thought "emma-leen" myself.

[2morrows.livejournal.com]

emma-line or emma-leen

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

of the two I know, they are both prn Emma-lynn.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

I read it as Emm-Eh-Line

[ber-waves-of.livejournal.com]

I keep seeing this name EVERYWHERE all of a sudden (a new trend?) In my head I say it as Emm-ah-line.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

My first thought would be Emma-line.

[summer-mommy.livejournal.com]

Em-eh-leen

[tauruschick.livejournal.com]

this.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

That's how I pronounce it as well.

[forloveofbaby.livejournal.com]

this

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

This. I've seen it pronounced as -line instead of -leen, but not very often.

[sarahmarie.livejournal.com]

emma-line

[frost.livejournal.com]

Emma-leen.

[frost.livejournal.com]

Seems this is one of those names where you're going to have to correct people a lot...

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

open your eyeeees

[frost.livejournal.com]

Lol irl! :D

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

anytime my 4-year-old hears that song she gets all "OMG ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK"

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Emma-LINE

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

I've only ever met people with that name and it was pronounced emma-leen. all of the baby name books (I've seen) say emma-leen as well.

[sal_amanda]

Emma-line, primarily because there's a Ben Folds Five song by that name and that's how he pronounces it. I've never heard it pronounced otherwise.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I would say emma-line.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it like you do.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

I would pronounce it Emma-leen.

[blue-raine.livejournal.com]

i first read emmaline and was like "ah beautiful". emmeline, i would read it german, so it would sound more like clementine than emmeleen.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I'd pronounce it like EM-me-leen as well.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I'd say Emma-leen

[longlostblue.livejournal.com]

I'd pronounce it like Emma-line.