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If you saw the name Helene, how would you pronounce it?
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"We are all horrible and wonderful and figuring it out." - Harris Wittels
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el LENN
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Pretty much depends on the context. In general, South Africans are rather bad at French, so the default here is heLEEN. I try for eLEN but am usually "corrected"!
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Like hel-ENNE usually
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Hell-een
I like Helena a bit better.
I like Helena a bit better.
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Hel-EN. and I'd barely pronounce the H.
Helene is fairly common where I live, sometimes used alone, sometimes in a combo, as-Marie-Helene.
Helene is fairly common where I live, sometimes used alone, sometimes in a combo, as-Marie-Helene.
This message was edited 9/22/2017, 7:16 PM
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In Germany we pronounce it Heh-leh-neh
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heh-LEHN, or el-EHN if they were French.
This message was edited 9/22/2017, 1:18 PM
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Hel-LAYN is the only way I've ever heard Helene pronounced IRL.
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I went to high school with a Helene and she pronounced it he-LEEN.
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Depends wether I'm home or in the UK.
Back home I would read it as Heh-leh-neh (note: I'm not a native English speaker). In the UK as Heh-layn or Heh-lehn
Back home I would read it as Heh-leh-neh (note: I'm not a native English speaker). In the UK as Heh-layn or Heh-lehn
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huh-LEEN.
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heh-LAYN (no text)
(np teext)
(np teext)
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In Swedish we pronounce it he-LÉN (É as in French liberté). Although the spelling Helen is usually pronounced he-LÉN, too.
In French I would pronounce it el-EN.
In French I would pronounce it el-EN.
This message was edited 9/22/2017, 9:06 AM
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In the company I work for, it's the name of one of the broker's wives, and another broker's client. They both pronounce it He-LEEN. I think that's how I'd pronounce it too, if I hadn't heard it before.
This message was edited 9/22/2017, 9:03 AM
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he-LEEN.
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