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[Opinions] Re: Pronunciation of -line names :)
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If my natural prn is preferred prn I just put the one.Caroline - rhyme pine
Rosaline - hm. I'd probably ask how. prefer rozzalin but rowzaleen is ok
Emmeline - rhyme pine
Madeline - rhyme pin
Adeline - rhyme pine
Madeleine - rhyme pen
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ditto most of this...Except I would be likely to say Emmeline and Rosaline to rhyme with green. Never having met anybody by those names.I'd say Madeleine to rhyme with pin except when reading the Madeleine books, because then you have to rhyme it with pine or the rhyme scheme is ruined.
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