Irene - pronunciation?

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smartypants1000 · 23/04/2014 23:24

We love the name Irene, but want it pronounced eye-ree-nee. Will she spend her life correcting people who say eye-reen?

Would you spell it Irenie to avoid confusion? I think so but dh thinks not as it "looks made up"!

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Youdontneedacriminallawyer · 23/04/2014 23:42

It's Eye-reen. There is no such name as Eye-ren-ee. It sounds silly pronounced like that. Sorry.

squoosh · 23/04/2014 23:40

I always thought the eye-ree-nee pronunciation was a pet version of the name. I would guess 99% of people will pronounce it as eye-reen.

lloydlf76 · 23/04/2014 23:38

I have a MIL, an aunt and a cousin called Irene and all of them pronounce it Eye-reen. They all categorically hate their name too sorry

lloydlf76 · 23/04/2014 23:38

I have a MIL, an aunt and a cousin called Irene and all of them pronounce it Eye-reen. They all categorically hate their name too sorry

TheScience · 23/04/2014 23:33

You could spell it Irini, which is the Greek way and said eye-ree-nee.

MoominsAreScary · 23/04/2014 23:31

Yes it's a totally different name

strawberrypenguin · 23/04/2014 23:26

I would say eye-reen it wouldn't even occur to me to pronounce it any other way, sorry.

BadRoly · 23/04/2014 23:26

The Irene I know is pronounced Eye-reen. I've no idea how you would spell 'Irenie' but agree it doesn't seem to look right.

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