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[Opinions] In the US I've only every heard ker-RIN. (m)

by Amy (LuzDeTuVida)

5/13/2020, 4:13 PM

in reply to a message by Fictionfan8618

I'm not sure why others are surprised by this pronunciation.

I've always liked Corinne, though I slightly prefer Corinna, nickname Cora. I knew a Corinne who went by Rin.

This message was edited 5/13/2020, 5:15 PM

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- Dracotorix

5/14/2020, 7:23 PM

I'm also from the US and I've only every heard Corinne as cor-EEN or co-REEN.
COR-in also surprises me because that just sounds like the boy name Corin.

- Genevieve

5/14/2020, 1:52 PM

Same. The only ones I've met have pronounced it ker-RIN.

- Raven Briar (Constant) +2

5/14/2020, 10:33 AM

KOR-in

I'm from the US, and I've only heard it pronounced KOR-in. It sounds like the word core with an 'n' added.

I had a teacher with this name.

- Aine (poetic_freedom)

5/14/2020, 5:51 PM

Same

Both in Australia where I grew up (I went through 8 years of schooling with a Corinne and have known at least 4 other Corinnes of various ages) and in the US, where I currently live.

- Cake or Death (queenv)

5/14/2020, 10:45 AM

That reminds me. My college roommate was named Zoe. At the time she was born, 1960, that was a very unusual name, and it still was when we were roommates in 1978. It seemed as if her parents were quite determined to use unusual names. Her brother's name was Reed, an unusual name to give in the early 1960s, when he was born. And then there was her sister, Karen. Not so unusual you say? Well, it wouldn't have been if the pronunciation were not KOR-in, just as you've described. I always thought that to insist on pronouncing Karen KOR-in was so weird.

- honeypie +1

5/14/2020, 4:41 AM

The posters who have commented on the pronunciation are probably not from the US. I’m not.

- Dracotorix

5/14/2020, 7:25 PM

I'm in the US and keh-RIN is weird to me too.
What's the "e" for if you're going to pronounce it keh-RIN?

- Cake or Death (queenv) +1

5/13/2020, 4:34 PM

I'm American, and I say keh-RIN. I can't say much about how other Americans say it, because I can't recall hearing anyone say it. But that's the intuitive pronunciation to me.

- Amy (LuzDeTuVida)

5/13/2020, 5:16 PM

Sorry I meant ker-RIN, not KER-in. I edited my message to reflect this.

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