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How would you pronounce it?

by vigdis (guest)

6/21/2011, 5:21 AM

in reply to a message by ADT

cora-a-leen (like the book) or cora-a-line?

I love it but unfortunately most Americans would pronounce it cora-a-line and therefore I wouldn't use it.

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- Ozma (MelvinSpelvin) +3

6/21/2011, 9:14 AM

I thought they pronounced it Cora-LINE in the book?

I've never read it, but when the movie based on the book came out a few years ago, that's how the characters pronounced it...I think. :/

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- vigdis (guest) +2

6/21/2011, 4:00 PM

My husband heard Neil Gaiman read the book.

Gaiaman pronounced it cora-a-leen in it. I'm not sure about the movie at all - we never saw it - but I'm certain of the pronunciation. We're big-time Gaiman fans.

- Ozma (MelvinSpelvin) +1

6/21/2011, 4:08 PM

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi513934105/

Maybe it's pronounced differently in the UK? Neil Gaiman is British, so it's possible.

Anyway, I've only heard Cora-LINE. *shrugs*

This message was edited 6/21/2011, 4:10 PM

- vigdis (guest)

6/21/2011, 5:41 PM

Clementine is pronounced with a teen in the UK

So I'm fairly certain it's a US / UK thing. Either way we'd never use it just because of the pronunication difference. (Ditto for Katarina - there is little hope I'd get the German pronunication on a regular basis.)

- ADT (guest)

6/21/2011, 8:33 AM

cora-a-line

Where I volunteer there's a child with that name.

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