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in reply to a message by Jagoda
I like it as EL-in, though pronunciation issues mean I prefer Ellen. I would pronounce both Ellen and Elin EL-in. I've never met an Ellen who said EL-ən.
I don't care for AY-lin much. It sounds like a tryndee creation (Ailynn or something) and is not very intuitive from Elin.
Ellen/Elin is fairly dated here but I think it would be delightfully refreshing on a little girl. I'd be a bit sad if she became one of ten zillion little girls called Ella or Ellie, though.
I don't care for AY-lin much. It sounds like a tryndee creation (Ailynn or something) and is not very intuitive from Elin.
Ellen/Elin is fairly dated here but I think it would be delightfully refreshing on a little girl. I'd be a bit sad if she became one of ten zillion little girls called Ella or Ellie, though.
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Then you're clearly not from the UK. Neither EL-in or AY-lin would cause an issue here.
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Guilty as charged. If you live where people are familiar with Elin, I like it (but only as as EL-in).
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As I said, my Welsh family and friends would pronounce it the Welsh way, which is AY-lin. I wouldn't correct that as I'm English and Welsh.
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