Message: "Re: Elin" - Behind the Name

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Re: Elin

by Solveig (cynthiajames)

12/31/2017, 4:07 PM

I'm in the U.S. and I have no issue with ay-lin. I wouldn't pronounce Elin as Ellen.

I love it.

Edited to add: I'm in an area that has a Scandinavian heritage and if I came across Elin I'd pronounce it the Swedish way first.

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- Solveig (cynthiajames) +2

12/31/2017, 4:16 PM

I just wrote the name down for two of my nieces, aged 11 and 14. Both said they would get the ay-lin pronunciation. Neither saw it as a kreativ version of Ellen.

- Jagoda (-doe) +1

1/1/2018, 8:43 AM

That's really great, thank you!

- Solveig (cynthiajames)

1/1/2018, 10:08 AM

No problem.

Note: They are in DC, which is a pretty international city, similar to London.

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