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LOURE-in

I've never heard the Lure-in version. It's always Lo ren where I live, with the o like the vowel in stop or mop, not as in shore. And certainly not Lah ren, which is what I'd imagine often happens in the States.

LOR-ən

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The "aw" thing that BtN says almost doesn't exist in my accent, all those words usually just sound like "ah" instead of that "ah with a scoop" thing that I think "aw" is supposed to mean. Or like a vowel that moves from "o" to "ah"? Anyway, Lauren with that pronunciation sounds a little pretentious to me, in the US I'd assume the person was maybe from the east or south (?), maybe Boston?? and if I try to say it like that in my accent it sounds more like lah-ren. The way I actually say it is indistinguishable from Loren. I went to high school with a girl named Loren and nobody could tell that it wasn't Lauren unless they saw the spelling.

This message was edited 11/11/2020, 11:08 AM

I pronounce it LAW-ren.

LO-ren.

Lar-in.

I pronounce it LAWR-ən.

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Loren is pronounced Lore-in. I do not pronounce these two names the same.

I pronounce it as LO-REN.

LAW-rən o LAW-rin.

LORE-en

Lor en

Somewhere in between the two.