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Re: Pronunciation
I realize that foreign vowel pronounciations are different, so if someone who's Hispanic or French (or French-Canadian) calls me Correen, I totally understand. It's the people who have been corrected & still insist on pronouncing my name their way who drive me nuts. Also, I was under the impression that the origin of my name was Greek (in which case the final "e" would be pronounced instead of being silent), from the word "Kore" for the free-standing female statues. Anyone else have any other etymological information?
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Yes, Corinne and all it's variant spellings come from the Greek word Kore (pronounced KORE(like an apple core)- ray.)
Usually the emphasis is on the second syllable- cor-INN, rather than COR-in. But if you pronounce it differently, that's up to you, and people should respect that.
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