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[Opinions] Re: Colin/Collin

by Llewella (penguiny7)

1/28/2016, 4:59 AM

Never heard it pronounced Caul-in before, no matter how you spell it. If you wanted Coal-in, I'd do Colin, but the only time I've heard it pronounced that way is Colin Powell. I definitely wouldn't want to pronounce it like colon. lol

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- earthnut

1/30/2016, 11:40 AM

Funny thing is, Colin Powell is supposed to be pronounced CAUL-in, but lots of people mispronounced it in his life, so he gave up and went with COAL-in. But that's not really the correct pronunciation of his name.

This message was edited 1/30/2016, 11:41 AM

- LMS +2

1/28/2016, 5:59 AM

You've never heard caul-in? Maybe I didn't describe the pronunciation correctly because that's pretty much the only way I have heard it besides the way Colin Powell pronounces it. It sounds like Colin Firth, Colin Ferrell, Colin Hanks, etc.

- Llewella (penguiny7) +1

1/29/2016, 5:51 AM

Right, well I assume you mean CAH-lin. The word caul I pronounce CAWL. So I'm not sure if you're saying CAW-lin or you pronounce caul like CAHL. Either way must be an accent difference. I've never heard CAW-lin, if that's what you're going for. :)

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- earthnut

1/30/2016, 11:42 AM

In my accent, CAH-lin and CAWL-in are the same. "call" and "caul" are pronounced the same.

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