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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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[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.