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in reply to a message by LeahFaith35
I believe the actress Lena Olin pronounces it LEE-nah.
I'm in the US and here I've heard the other two names only as: huh-LAY-nah and uh-LAY-nah (or EE-LAY-nah)
HEH-lin-ah is so pretty, though, as the poster in Germany wrote it. Similarly, I knew an Elinore from France who pronounced it EL-in-er, whereas here we say EL-in-ORE
I'm in the US and here I've heard the other two names only as: huh-LAY-nah and uh-LAY-nah (or EE-LAY-nah)
HEH-lin-ah is so pretty, though, as the poster in Germany wrote it. Similarly, I knew an Elinore from France who pronounced it EL-in-er, whereas here we say EL-in-ORE
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Sorry, the spelling of the sounds is difficult. I should have written: heh-LAY-nah and eh-LAY-nah rather than uh- for each.
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