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Maybe that's a reason why they might do it "back East" ...? but I, having never lived east of the Mississippi, wouldn't ever have thought of that. It seems to me more likely to be just a careless error, maybe due to exposure to names like Carolina-prn-caroleena and words like crinoline and alkaline. In my experience Caroline is only pronounced one way, -LINE, with a long I like in North Carolina. Just like Madeline is pronounced Madelyn. Pronouncing Caroline as Carolyn is like pronouncing Madeline with -LINE, or like pronouncing Leah as LAY-a - it'd be OK, but really quirky.

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- mirfak