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in reply to a message by Charlie Blue
I personally would never pronounce Caroline as Caro-lyn, but it seems that everytime I post on here a lot of people say Marilyn and Caroline is 'rhymey' so I assume they are thinking Caro-lyn.
I actually don't like the pronounciation Caro-lyn at all, and if I did I would spell it Carolyn. I like Caro-line.
But... are Katherine and Kathryn really pronounced differently?
I actually don't like the pronounciation Caro-lyn at all, and if I did I would spell it Carolyn. I like Caro-line.
But... are Katherine and Kathryn really pronounced differently?
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There is someone at my work who pronounces her name (Catherine) like Ca-trine... but I think that's pretty rare.
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My sister's name is Caroline pronounced caro-LINE and she hates, hates, hates when people call her caro-LYN. And she gets that quite a bit. To her (and me) are different names and I like Caroline so much more than Carolyn.
As for Kathryn/Katherine I don't really differentiate between the two. I suppose Katherine and the likes ought to be pronounced with a middle syllable, but I think it's so soft that it usually falls out and becomes KATH-rin. My name is Catherine and most people just pronounce it with 2 syllables. I pronounce it with a slight middle syllable.
As for Kathryn/Katherine I don't really differentiate between the two. I suppose Katherine and the likes ought to be pronounced with a middle syllable, but I think it's so soft that it usually falls out and becomes KATH-rin. My name is Catherine and most people just pronounce it with 2 syllables. I pronounce it with a slight middle syllable.
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My name is Caroline and in Swedish the pronounciation is very similar to the French way of saying it. I recently moved to Ireland and I introduce myself as Caro-line. I think it's easier for me to say than the Carolyn pronounciation and the spelling makes it Caro-line in English imo. However, I've noticed that even though I introduce myself as Caro-line people tend to say it like Caro-lyn. I don't know why and it doesn't bother me since it's still my name in some way but they don't seem to make any difference between Caroline and Carolyn.
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I don't think that Marilyn and Caroline is rhyme. Now if it was Marilyn and Carolyn... Now that'd be rhyme.
A actually like Carolyn more than Caroline, because Caroline is much too common here in Denmark and have been on top 50 for years, literally. And I tend to like uncommon names.
I've always heard those names being pronounced differently. Katherine would be done as ka-the-rine and Kathryn as kath-ryn. Again heard on some TV shows and in movies. But I'm up to being corrected here.
A actually like Carolyn more than Caroline, because Caroline is much too common here in Denmark and have been on top 50 for years, literally. And I tend to like uncommon names.
I've always heard those names being pronounced differently. Katherine would be done as ka-the-rine and Kathryn as kath-ryn. Again heard on some TV shows and in movies. But I'm up to being corrected here.
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I hadn't read the other responses before I posted that Marilyn and Caroline are rhymey. It didn't occur to me that Caroline would be pronounced Caro-lyn. I think that Caro-line and Marilyn are still too rhymey.
I don't pronounce Katherine and Kathryn differently. Just hearing the name said, you can't tell if it's Katherine or Kathryn. Or Catherine or Katharine, for that matter.
I don't pronounce Katherine and Kathryn differently. Just hearing the name said, you can't tell if it's Katherine or Kathryn. Or Catherine or Katharine, for that matter.
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