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I'm Dutch, so I know it's pronounced OH-pyun. I've seen it on the news, with the newly bought Rembrandt paintings and all. I've been wondering where it comes from too, though... I'd say it was a diminutive of a name starting with Oop- or Op- like Ophelia or Opal, but those names are not used much at all here - they never were, I don't think?

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