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in reply to a message by Caprice
When I was a kid I came across the name Emil, and I thought it was pronounced EM-ul, like Emily without the ee. Years later I find out that is not the case, and I don't like em-EEL! I loved EM-ul though.
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Emil is fairly common where I live, pronounced pretty much the way you don't favour;though perhaps more AY-meel.
It's used as a stand-alone name, or as a combo, mostly Paul-Emil.
It's used as a stand-alone name, or as a combo, mostly Paul-Emil.
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I kept saying my great-great uncle was EM il, but last family reunion, I heard his descendants say AY mul.
This message was edited 1/25/2013, 3:50 AM
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Now that I think about it, Sofia did tell me once that's how they say it in Croatia (unless I totally made that up... it was a long time ago)!
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Yup, Emil is pronounced like Emily without the y in my neck of the woods, so it’s a perfectly legitimate pronunciation. http://www.forvo.com/search-hr/emil/
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Here's another German pronunciation: http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html
It sounds more like EE-meel to me.
It sounds more like EE-meel to me.
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Um, it's way too late here to describe pronunciations, so I'll just have this guy talk to you: http://de.forvo.com/word/emil/#de ;)
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