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in reply to a message by Jen (from work)
Caroline
Marilyn and Caroline
Josephine is not as common as Caroline but I think Caroline is much prettier. Only if you pronounce Caroline to rhyme with "wine", though. Caroline pronounced like Carolyn and Marilyn would be too similar.
Marilyn and Caroline
Josephine is not as common as Caroline but I think Caroline is much prettier. Only if you pronounce Caroline to rhyme with "wine", though. Caroline pronounced like Carolyn and Marilyn would be too similar.
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Yeah....
I know I'm only a Dane, where only Caroline would be use and not Carolyn at all....
But I've always heard Carolyn pronounced much different than Caroline, mostly on TV shows and in movies.
Caroline is Caro-line and Carolyn is Caro-lyn. Very evident by the difference in spelling.
You wouldn't pronounce Kathryn the same was as Katherine either. Right?
Just an observation is all.
I know I'm only a Dane, where only Caroline would be use and not Carolyn at all....
But I've always heard Carolyn pronounced much different than Caroline, mostly on TV shows and in movies.
Caroline is Caro-line and Carolyn is Caro-lyn. Very evident by the difference in spelling.
You wouldn't pronounce Kathryn the same was as Katherine either. Right?
Just an observation is all.
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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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