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How would you pronounce this?

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Mummamia14 · 04/01/2017 22:53

Emmeline? Is it emma-line or emma-leen? I love the name emma but prefer a longer name. TIA

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sparechange · 04/01/2017 22:55

Like Pankhurst?
Emma-leen

Uiscebeatha85 · 04/01/2017 22:56

Emma-leen, I've never heard of anyone pronouncing it Emma-line

MitzyLeFrouf · 04/01/2017 22:59

In the Anne of Green Gables TV series there's a character called Emmeline pronounced Emma-line. So both must be correct.

Mummamia14 · 04/01/2017 23:00

Maybe emma-line is the american/Canadian way to pronounce it?

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Patriciathestripper1 · 04/01/2017 23:00

It's spelled Emma-line so that's how I would pronounce it

lucieloos · 04/01/2017 23:00

Emma-Lean

girlandboy · 04/01/2017 23:01

Emma-leen. I've never heard it pronounced the other way.

DramaAlpaca · 04/01/2017 23:02

Lovely name. I'd pronounce it Emma-leen like in the poem by A A Milne where the first verse goes:

Emmeline
Has not been seen
For more than week. She slipped between
The two tall trees at the end of the green…
We all went after her. “Emmeline!”

The poem wouldn't work if it was Emma-line

soundsystem · 04/01/2017 23:02

Emma-leen

Lunar1 · 04/01/2017 23:02

I wouldn't have a clue so would avoid saying it till I'd heard someone else pronounce it!

CocoLoco87 · 04/01/2017 23:04

I'd say it how it's spelt, Emma-line

NiceCuppaTeaAndASitDown · 04/01/2017 23:05

I pronounce it more like Emma-Lynn, but only because I know one who pronounces it like that and goes by the nn Lynn

twinjocks · 04/01/2017 23:05

I say it more like Emmeh-leen - the A doesn't come out as strongly as on the end of the name Emma.

MitzyLeFrouf · 04/01/2017 23:05

Emmeline
We've not seen a sign
For more than a week. She slipped behind
The two tall trees at the end of the Rhine

😄

MollyHuaCha · 04/01/2017 23:06

The line part rhymes with green. Does not rhyme with pine.

Crispbutty · 04/01/2017 23:06

Francine
Caroline

Same type of spelling... Different pronunciation

OrlandaFuriosa · 04/01/2017 23:07

Originally French so leen,

Emily
Emilia
Emiliana

LineyReborn · 04/01/2017 23:07

Rhymes with movie screen.

Crispbutty · 04/01/2017 23:08

And hot chocolate sang about "emmalene"

instagramhorror · 04/01/2017 23:08

Pankhurst! Great name and what a role model too!

TaggySits · 04/01/2017 23:08

I have a friend called this, she pronounces it Emma-line.

lazydog · 04/01/2017 23:10

Maybe emma-line is the american/Canadian way to pronounce it?

Well, I only know one Emmaline - she's a Canadian - and she pronounces it Emmaleen

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/01/2017 23:10

Emma-leen

DramaAlpaca · 04/01/2017 23:10

Mitzy

Pluto30 · 04/01/2017 23:27

Emma-LINE.

Line to rhyme with wine.

Just like I'd pronounce Adeline Add-Eh-LINE, not Addaleen.

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