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It's interesting that you bring this up. Last week on another babyname site, the regulars argued all day about how to pronounce the French 'ine.' One couple from Quebec stated that 'ine' is always pronounced the same as 'lyn' and that the French pronounce it that way as well but it's not as stressed. They said that Celine Dion pronounces her name Ce-LYN. Another poster from France basically said they were crazy and that 'ine' is, without a doubt, pronounced 'een' which is the way I recall it being pronounced from high school French classes a lifetime ago.

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So from these conversations, I gathered that French French and Quebec French are pronounced as differently as British English and American English. I never considered that before.

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Anyway, I'm glad to know I'm pronouncing my dd's mn correctly (it's Caroline). ;-)