Comments (Pronunciation Only)
Li-NAY-ə in English.
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To me it’s “Lin-nay-ah” not “Lin-ee-ah”.
Any potterhead will know what I mean.
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Any potterhead will know what I mean.
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I got some Swedes to pronounce this in person (since reading about it from Swedes wasn't helping me too much, especially when they contradict each other). It really sounded a lot closer to LEE-neh-ah/LEEN-neh-ah than to li-NAY-ah, though it didn't sound exactly like either of those. It was pretty far from the English li-NAY-ah.
I love this name but could never use it for this reason.
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I love this name but could never use it for this reason.
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Linnea is pronounced "lih-NAY-ah". Although everyone is free to interpret their own preferred pronunciation, it is my name and it drives me nuts when people pronounce it "LYNN-eee-ah". That is definitely not the Swedish pronunciation! [noted -ed]
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My name is Linnea. I pronounce it as: Ly-nay, like Renee'.
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I know someone who pronounces it LIN-ee-uh.
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My name is Linnea after a Swedish great-grandmother and it can be pronounced Luh-nee-ah, or La-nay-ah.
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It is pronounced as Lee-NEH-ah. English speakers pronounce it as Lee-NAY-ah.
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