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Help[Opinions] Re: Corinne
in reply to a message by honeypie
I couldn't say how the American pronunciation of Corinne came about. Just for jollies, I looked up girls names ending with "inne". I actually couldn't find any other than Corinne, but there were plenty that end in "ine" and of those, only one, Jacqueline, do Americans pronounce with a final "in" sound as they do with Corinne. I dunno.
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It’s the first syllable that confuses me most! I would expect ko-RIN, with a short o.
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Personally I would say keh-RINN is a misleading way to spell it. It's more of a kuh-RINN or ker-RINN.
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Here's a link to an audio clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pDtQ_FKXYA
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