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[cerise-blue.livejournal.com]

i'm going to do my best with the descriptions in this poll. i put an other option if i've missed your preference, too.

[Poll #835672]

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[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

I see Madelyn, Madeline, and Madeleine as different names. Madeline to me sounds like line, -lyn sounds like lynne, and -leine sounds like "lehne" (kind of layne).

[cerise-blue.livejournal.com]

same here! i've always said madeline as MAD-uh-line, madelyn as MAD-uh-lihn and madeleine as mad-uh-LEEN or mad-uh-LANE. my mom, on the other hand, insists they're all MAD-uh-lihn. lol.

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

silly mom! they are totally different!
my husband and I are big on all things French. Madeleine was our choice for a girl name for a long, long time, but we had so many hem-and-haw sessions over the potential for mispronunciation. and we weren't willing to change the spelling.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

i ♥ that spelling. I say go for it, it's a legit french name. Yay for France!

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

Madeleine was our choice for a girl name for a long, long time, but we had so many hem-and-haw sessions over the potential for mispronunciation.

That's why I won't use the name Jeanne on a girl in the US. Everyone would say it like the pants or make it into separate syllables... but it's pronounced Zhahnne! :(

[cerise-blue.livejournal.com]

that always bothered me about jeanne, too! it's such a lovely name if people wouldn't make it into "jean" or "jee-nee."

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

That is EXACTLY how I see them too!!

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

I really like the name "madelaine" for a girl.

[cerise-blue.livejournal.com]

prounounced mad-uh-LANE or differently?

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

Like that.

[myfriendjenny.livejournal.com]

I pronounce Madeline MAD-uh-line and I pronounce Madeleine MAD-uh-lin.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I pronounce Madeline and Madeleine both as MAD-uh-line... but Madelyn as MAD-uh-lin

[krosp.livejournal.com]

which is exactly the same as what I do with Caroline/Carolyn

[xcuore.livejournal.com]

i pronounce madeleine as; ma-Duh-li-ne
(dutch btw)

[mooie-ziel.livejournal.com]

ma-deh-line

ma w/the "a" like in "apple"

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

Madeline - Mad-UH-Line
Madeleine/Madelyn - Mad-UH-Lynn

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

To me, Madeline is mad-uh-line. The "line" at the end of the name is a clear indication that it should be prononced like the word "line", no? I've never understood why people pronounce it "lynn". For it to be pronounced that way, it should be spelled Madelyn.

[cerise-blue.livejournal.com]

wtf? where'd my comment go. ack. anyway, same here. i've always said it that way too. my issue is that i like the "lynn" sound at the end but hate it spelled madelyn.

preferred spelling

[alluminor.livejournal.com]

I voted for Madeleine, but Madeline is perfectly fine too.

[maine-girl.livejournal.com]

I like Madeleine, as in Ma-duh-lehn. I see Madeline as Ma-duh-line,or Ma-duh-lean.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Madeline = either mad-uh-lyn or mad-uh-line. Whatever people want - I don't care.
Madeleine looks the nicest to me, and I say it mad-uh-lehn. I'd sooner use this name than Madeline.

[harmonieux.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl who had a kid and named her Madelinn (MAD uh lin) I like it.