Pronunciation of Clementine

[DejaB00]

My first post in baby names, still a way to go and don't even know the sex, but we like to be organised!
We have a Louis, and get rather annoyed by strangers mis-pronunciating it, so would like a feel for how you ladies would pronounce Clementine as we have both fallen in love with the name -Clemmy for short.
Thanks

I would pronounce Louis as Louie, but my first thought on seeing the name Clementine would be that it would rhyme with time, be the same as the fruit.

Lewis is an island, totally different name, so should not be confused with Louis IMHO.

I would have said Clemen'teen' but would be happy to be corrected by parents of 'tynes'. Would say Lou'ie' too.

I would say Lou-ee and Clemen-Tyne.But if you sent a birth announcement text saying Clementine (the French way) I would get what you meant and say it like that.It is a nice name,don't let it out you off!

"Very odd to pronounce it Loo-is "

Not that odd in most countries outside of France (and parts of the UK). Germans, Scandinavians, Dutch and most Americans pronounce Louis phonetically (e.g. St Louis).

Please let's not start another Louis debate mayanna! By the way it's a French name.
I'm at a loss as to what to do re Clementine... Very grateful for your answers, will ponder over the next few weeks

"Oh ma daaarlin' Clem un teen"

I think I'd say Clem en tyne too... and yet would pronounce Emmeline as Emma leen. What's all that about? Either way, I'm sure everyone would get the hang of it pretty quickly, as most introductions you would make would be verbal so everyone would copy how you said it. It's a lovely name however you say it

This thread is REALLY making want a new DD, called Clementine.

I too would pronounce Emmeline and Emma-leen. What about Adeline though?

Oh my darling, oh my darling , oh my darling Clementine!

Tyne on the song, teen often by convention your call.

Don't let that put you off, Sophia (is it Sof-eye-ah, Sophie-ah or even Sooooh fia) or Helena (Helen-a, H-eleanor) etc are all similar.

Nice name

But you don't care Caroleen rather than Caroline do you? People will mainly say Tyne not teen as that is the norm here for that name.

I have a friend with a DD she wants to be called Soph Fi uh, but most people can't really help but say Soph fee uh as that is the accepted norm really. With the song and the fruit connection I think it would be very difficult to get people how had been saying Tyne for 20/30/40 years to start saying it differently. It would be like announcing there was a new way of saying banana!

People will say what they want to say. People ask my surname, I tell them how to say it, they repeat it back to me totally wrongly

I sometimes correct again, but tbvh I think it looks a bit knobbish to keep correcting as its not an English name so people probably find it harder.

I would say Clementeen. I would also say Louie but I know that Louis Armstrong pronounced it Lewis. Sorry, Im not that helpful.

No he didn't, Hello Dolly aside, he preferred it pronounced Lou-ee - he was born in New Orleans, after all...

From wiki...

He preferred that his name be pronounced Louie. "It's like Louis Armstrong?he spelled his name Louis, but he liked it to be said as Louie," recalls Louie Bellson [1]. Armstrong was registered as "Lewie" for the 1920 U.S. Census. On various live records he's called "Louie" on stage, such as on the 1952 "Can Anyone Explain?" from the live album In Scandinavia vol.1. It should also be noted that "Lewie" is the French pronunciation of "Louis" and is commonly used in Louisiana. However, when referring to himself in "Hello Dolly!," he pronounces his name as "Lewis" ("Hello, Dolly. This is Lewis, Dolly"), pronouncing the 's'.