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It sounds really dated to me. I've only known one, a friend I had in middle school, who would be fifty-one years old now. I far prefer Caroline. I've never known anyone who pronounces the two the same. The Carolyn I was friends with was never called Caroline by mistake.
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A (maybe) interesting sidenote
I just remembered why the girl I was friends with was named Carolyn. Her father's name was Carl and her mother's name was Evelyn, and she told me that her parents thought that Carolyn was a way of combining parts of their two names. I know of one other case like this---a Marnie whose mother was MARguerite and father was ErNIE.
I just remembered why the girl I was friends with was named Carolyn. Her father's name was Carl and her mother's name was Evelyn, and she told me that her parents thought that Carolyn was a way of combining parts of their two names. I know of one other case like this---a Marnie whose mother was MARguerite and father was ErNIE.
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That's really cool, actually. I don't think anyone would pronounce Carolyn with a -line ending but I guess some people pronounce Caroline like Carolyn. I was wondering because Caroline is getting pretty common and if many people pronounce it like Carolyn that would be common too.
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