Message: "How do you pronounce Jacqueline?"

How do you pronounce Jacqueline?

by dreaming2b

12/20/2006, 8:15 AM

I know it is Jack-lyn but I was wondering if it can also bepronounced jack-qwa-lyn ( does this make sense?) Thanks for all your help.

#Jacqueline #pronunciation

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- Laine

12/28/2006, 9:18 AM

I think Jack-wa-lin sounds correct, but so does jack-lin and jack-a-lin

- gigibee (guest)

12/26/2006, 4:01 PM

Ja-kwa-lin. I'm in the U.S., and to me this sounds "correct."

- Sieglinde (bschoer10)

12/20/2006, 4:54 PM

In Australia we pronounce it either: JACK-lin or JACK-a-lin

Sieglinde

- Speranza

12/20/2006, 10:40 AM

I say Jack-a-leen.

- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)

12/20/2006, 9:38 AM

zhah-clean (French)

~~ Claire ~~

My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

- quigonjecca

12/20/2006, 9:33 AM

I pronounce it Jack-a-lyn or Jack-qua-lyn. You could probably even get away with pronouncing it Jac-a-leen, or Jac-a-line

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

12/20/2006, 8:26 AM

Of course Jacqueline CAN be pronounced "jack-qua-lynn." I think that the majority of women in the USA I know with this name do pronounce it with the "kw" sound in the middle. Of course most of the people from England who have commented on that pronunciation to me think it's "as bad as trying to pronounce the 'b' in debt." But as Americans also use the -th- sound in "Anthony", it's just a part of American culture to me.

- dreaming2b

12/20/2006, 8:52 AM

Do you think it sound better than Jack-lny? I do but I would be worried about people getting lazy and not pronouncing the qua in the middle. I also am not sure about the NN Jackie. And I know some people would call her that.

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