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[Opinions] Linnea
I really like the name Linnea, when I looked it up on this site it says its pronounced 'LEE-ne-ah', but I have always heard it pronounced 'Lih-nay-ah'. How do YOU pronounce it, and what do you think of it? =]
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I love Linnea. I pronounce it Lynn-ee-uh.
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I love this name, it's one of my favorites. If I were to have a baby girl right now, it'd be a definite contender for the first name :)
I live in the USA, and I pronounce it lih-NAY-uh. Have I been saying it wrong?
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LEE-ne-ah is the Swedish prnI love the name and I have a friend name this and since I live in Sweden I prn it LEE-ne-ah. I'm not a fan of the english prn..Edit: I hate the name if it's spelled Linnéa :P

This message was edited 9/13/2009, 1:39 AM

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I've always put the stress on the second syllable (lee-NEH-ah) and I live in Sweden too. Maybe it is a regional thing.
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I pronounce it Lyn-ay-uh. I don't like it, but only because I don't like any name that has the lyn sound in it. However that said, it is definitely the nicest 'Lyn' name
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I say Li-NAY-uh as well. I think it's beautiful and underused.
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I say lih-NAY-ah. I looked this up on BTN recently and it's listed in a tricky way -- Linnéa is one listing and Linnaea is another, and their listings are pronounced differently.
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lyn-Eh-a is how I pronounce it. It's okay - not bad, not my fave.
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I pronounce it lih-NAY-a, but I also spell it Linnéa, not Linnea.I think it is a lovely name. It used to be one of my top ten names for girls, and I keep debating if it should come back on the list.
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I pronounce is Lih-nay-uh, and I think that the name is very pretty. :)
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It is quite pretty. I often forget about this one.linn-AE-uh

This message was edited 9/12/2009, 6:36 PM

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