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in reply to a message by Perrine
I've always pronounced it Mad-uh-lin, with a -lynn ending. But I've never known anyone named Madeline, so I don't know how bearers themselves pronounce the name.
Except, when I used to read the book "Madeline" to my daughter, I pronounced the last syllable just like the word "line", because otherwise it wouldn't have rhymed the way it was supposed to. But I had to make an effort to do it.
Except, when I used to read the book "Madeline" to my daughter, I pronounced the last syllable just like the word "line", because otherwise it wouldn't have rhymed the way it was supposed to. But I had to make an effort to do it.
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I wonder if that may be the source of the -line pronunciation. The book must have made it clear how to pronounce it, as you wrote. So maybe some people thought this was the classic way or something. In the comment section for Madeline lots of people insist on -line and that -linn is only correct for Madelyn (which is a bit odd because Madelyn is just a variant spelling as far as I know like Michaela/Mikayla etc.).
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