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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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I pronounce it this way also.

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).

"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.

emma-line or emma-leen

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

I read it as Emm-Eh-Line

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

My first thought would be Emma-line.

Em-eh-leen

this.

That's how I pronounce it as well.

this

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

emma-line

Emma-leen.

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

open your eyeeees

Lol irl! :D

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

Emma-LINE

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.

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.

I would say emma-line.

I pronounce it like you do.

I would pronounce it Emma-leen.

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

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

I'd say Emma-leen

I'd pronounce it like Emma-line.

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