Evelyn (pronunciation) - British? American?
This came up in a conversation last night.
Take the name Evelyn.
One of the people at the table said that the name Evelyn, in the UK, would be pronounced EVE (as in Adam and Eve) LIN. She made the further observation that EVELINE would be pronounced EVE (as in Adam and Eve) LINE (like a dotted line).
In the US, we would likely use the short E at the beginning of the word and a short I in the center:
EVV – LIN
And that some people would add a syllable in the middle
EVV uh LIN
What say you? What’s normal in the UK and the US?
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