How do you pronounce Charlotte?

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My friend is pronouncing it 'Char-lot' and I think it's more 'Shar-lut.'

Shar-lot

...or lut

SHARlut, defo. MIL says sharLOTT. Drives me mad!

Shar-lut here too.

My auntie was CHAR-lotte which I never questioned growing up.

As an adult in the big, bad world I struggled to keep calling her that as SHAR-lotte would seem the norm.

Doesn't matter though. Lots of people pronounce the same words differently. Makes the world more interesting.

Sharlit but that is my Glaswiegan accent to be fair.

Shar-LOT makes me think of the Lady of Shalott.

I definitely think the emphasis should be so much on the first syllable that you shouldn't hear the second as much- CHAR..lt

SHAR-lut.

lut or lot are both fine, but emphasis has to be on the SHAR.

I have never heard anyone say Shar lut! Every Chatlotte I know is Shar lot! I think this is because it is an 'o' in the name not a 'u' . Nickname is Lottie not Luttie.

Shar-lut.

Thanks for that lesson on how to spell Charlotte, ever so helpful.

I've never heard it pronounced as Shar-lot. I think a lot of it depends on your accent and how you interpret the lotte sound.

Is the child yours or your friend's? I guess if it is your DD she is called Char-lut and if she's your friend's she's called Char-lot!!

Shar Lut

Depends on accent. I pronounce it as in the rhyme

"This is the grave of Elizabeth Charlotte
Born a virgin, died a harlot
She was still a virgin at seventeen
A remarkable thing in Aberdeen"

Sharl-uh-t

The 'uh' being like "a" ball, "a" girl, "a" person

SHAR-lut

Shar lot.

Shar-lut, equal emphasis on both syllables.

Cheryl

Cheryl or sheryl pronunciation is another divider

Shar lot here (south west) equal emphasis!

You are right.

I've encountered a few people in the SE of England who place equal emphasis on the second syllable and it sounds very drawly and annoys me but I wouldn't say it is wrong, just a local accent.

The people who annoy me with their equal emphasis do drawl a bit, so it's a drawn out 'chaarl' then an emphatic 'lot', as if they're reading the word aloud for the first time. A nice, confident 'char-lut' sounds much more natural and nicer.

Sharlut. Emphasis on first syllable. Standard lazy English vowel sound, from the people who brought you Birmingum.

Thanks Tatties but true - rhymes with harlot and, less precisely but he emphasis is right, with scarlet.

Of course if we want get all proper about it, it's origins are German, so char-lot-tuh.