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pronunciation of Evangeline?
I saw here (on this site) that it is normally pronounced with -leen at the end, and also sometimes -line (like drawing a line). In Nanny McPhee, it was pronounced -leen, and then I heard someone say this name today -line. Which is correct? Thanks!
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Both are technically correct, although the Nanny McPhee prn. is far more common in my experience.
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Both are correct, as Siri said. Saying with with a -lyn ending is also acceptable. I, however, personally prefer the -line pronunciation by far. I really dislike the -leen pronunciation. The -lyn pronunciation, I'm neutral on.Array

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I fell in love with the -lyn ending, and I'm stickin with it :-)
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Both are correct.There are just two different ways to pronunce depending on where you are. A few names are like this. Lucia has three pronuncations. Clementine is one - I pronunce it clem-en-tine, others pronunce it clem-en-teen.

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I agree. I have pronounced Evangeline both ways, and sometimes both for the same person. I don't think it seems to matter.
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I say Eh-van-guh--leen-------------------------------------------------
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This message was edited 9/1/2006, 3:39 PM

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I always pronounce it with -leen at the end.:o)
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