Who actually pronounced the last syllable in Eleanor like -nor?

[misslucy92]

This is mainly for people in the Uk and Ireland (or outside of the Us) as I know that in the Us -nor is used.

But I often read that in the Uk people say -na. I don’t know if I can explain it well but I mean -nor vs -na (sort of like Elena is said sometimes). But I only like -nor, personally.

So could I get away with naming her Eleanor and saying -nor in the Uk? Do some of you pronounce it -nor?

Does Elinor change anything?

sort of wondering if I could use -nor or whether I should look for a new name. I like both spellings Eleanor and Elinor.

Also name your region or where you are approximately (only if you feel comfortable).

Thanks.

My DD is Eleanor and everyone pronounces it Ellen-uh except mil who insists on Ellen-or.

Thanks. 😄

I pronounce Eleanor and Elena differently because of the second syllable mostly. Elena is ehlayna

I am a rhotic speaker (American), and I pronounce the final "r". I do put the emphasis on the first syllable. I think some of us rhotic speakers may be leaving the impression that we are saying El-e-NOR, when we (at least I) are saying EL-e-nor. Although for some reason, I put more emphasis on the final syllable when I say Eleanor of Acquitaine, but less when I say Eleanor Roosevelt.

I don't know anyone in RL with the name.

If the parents start off pronouncing it as nor and the child then does then usually others tend to do the same.

ELL-en-uh.

The 'nor' sounds odd to me. Most people say TRACT-uh (or TRACT-errr if they have a rhotic accent). I don't know anyone who'd say TRACK-tor where tor would rhyme with more.

I have an Eleanor and I pronounce it Ellie! 😄

if I have to say the full name I say -nuh not -nor.

I’m from the Midlands.

I pronounce the nor

Scotland

I'm from the SW, and would say nur, but my friend is Welsh, and her daughter is a nor. Am do used to it now, I would probably now say nor if I met another Eleanor

I would say Eleanor like Eleanuh. I am from Glasgow.

I'd say nuh.

If you want the nor sound, I'd go for Elinor. If I saw that name I'd definitely pronounce the nor.

A family member gets called Elean-ah but I think that's due to being northern! My friends DD is Eleanora because DF wanted to keep the nor in there and there was less chance of it being omitted.

Eleanora is lovely.

In the east and I say Ellener. I find it very awkward to say El-in-OR. I would be much more likely to say it with the Elinor spelling.

Tbh if I met someone who introduced themselves with the Nor pronunciation I'd just assume it was a difference in accent rather than a thing they wanted everyone to do.

Just don’t do it. I’ve stopped using it because after 30 years I can’t keep correcting people either way so I use my middle name which you can’t mispronounce.

I'm NE and would say Ellen-ah.
Elinor would make me say Elli-nor but as pps have said, you're likely to have to spell that out more frequently

also, there have been many MN threads about this since I’ve been on here and people get arsey about how people say it. And that happens in real life too.

I say El-eh-nor for Eleanor

El-eh-nor-ah for Eleanora

Agree it is “nor”.

there is an R - it’s not there for artistic purposes - it has an actual function.

Scotland.

Ell-eh-ner with main emphasis on first syllable.
from Ireland

A friend called Eleanor moved to England hated the way her name was pronounced so much that she changed it to Elle.

when we met again, after many years, she said it was fine for me to still use Eleanor, bcos I pronounced it properly!

there is an R - it’s not there for artistic purposes - it has an actual function.

This

That's because the stress in tractor is on the first syllable, so even if the R was pronounced it wouldn't be "tracTOR" any more than it would be "EleaNOR" It's just that the R would be pronounced as an /r/ and not as a schwa.

Only in rhotic accents. As has been said a thousand times. Scottish accents are rhotic. The R is pronounced.

What about the G in dough? The L in salmon? The H in hour?

I’m from Newcastle - If I was reading it out loud I would naturally say it ‘nuh’. But if the person was introduced as ‘nor’ I was say that.