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Re: Elin
by Jagoda (-doe)
12/28/2017, 4:45 PM
in reply to a message by Julia
Quote I've never met an Ellen who said EL-ən.
Then you're clearly not from the UK. Neither EL-in or AY-lin would cause an issue here.
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- Julia (JuliaF)   +3
12/28/2017, 4:47 PM
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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- Jagoda (-doe)   +2
12/28/2017, 4:53 PM
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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- Julia (JuliaF)   +1
12/28/2017, 4:58 PM
Ah, I misunderstood. I thought you meant you'd pick one pronunciation. Getting AY-lin from Welsh speakers would make me not use Elin, personally, but if you wouldn't mind it's a lovely name.
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- Jagoda (-doe)
12/28/2017, 5:06 PM
No worries, sorry I wasn't clearer, I tried to explain it as best I could!
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