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My family (and by default, myself) prn it as kor-IN. My parents had never seen the name spelled out, but heard it on a 70's tv show called "Soap." (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075584/) My mom actually wanted to name me Annette and my dad wanted to name me Christine (gah!) until they heard the name on tv. My mom just started playing around with various spellings, knowing that she wanted it to start with a k rather than a c b/c there was a boy named Cory at their church & she didn't want me to get nned Corie / Cory. (Although why a k makes that much difference, I don't know.) ANYWAY, I've since discovered that the character's name was Corinne Tate-Flotsky and she was adopted (like me). Weird, huh?

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As a postscript, I'd like to add that in the Mid-West, there are a lot of minor variations in the prn of my name: kaw-RIN, ker-IN, kuh-RIN, kor-IN. While I've made an effort most of my life to ditch my Mid-Western/Hoosier accent and prn my name kore-in, the majority of my family actually says my name something like ker-IN or usually "krin." :o)

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This message was edited 8/8/2006, 5:24 AM