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How would you pronounce the name Carelyn
How would you pronounce the name Carelyn?
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Care lyn, but sometimes I hear a weak schwa in the middle, just from my moving my tongue from the r position to the l position.
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Like Carolyn
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Instinctively I'd say KAIR-lin. Second guess would be KA-re-lin.
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Care-lyn.
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CARE-lyn.ETA: For comparison, I pronounce Carolyn as CAA-ruh-lyn (A as in apple).

This message was edited 10/4/2015, 7:18 PM

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Probably like Carolyn

This message was edited 10/4/2015, 5:22 PM

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Thank you. That was what I thought too, but didn't know if there was an emphasis on the Care part of the name.
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There could be? Like with Katelyn.(I think it could go either way — I'd just prefer Carolyn.)
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