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Yes that's the way I've been saying them.
I guess its like Cara/Sara/Tara etc.
Here and in Aus they all have the short sound (as in cat) but I know a lot of Americans say them as Cair-uh/Sair-uh/Tair-uh etc. So I guess I can see why Carys might get Care-iss, but I'm not a fan at all. Cah-riss is so much prettier!
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/56287
I guess its like Cara/Sara/Tara etc.
Here and in Aus they all have the short sound (as in cat) but I know a lot of Americans say them as Cair-uh/Sair-uh/Tair-uh etc. So I guess I can see why Carys might get Care-iss, but I'm not a fan at all. Cah-riss is so much prettier!
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/56287
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Yup, I think most Americans would pronounce both as CARE-iss. Though in the Northeast, particularly around New England, there might be a slight difference. For instance, most people say my name CARE-uh-line. But up there, people say it more like the "a" in Cat.
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Ok that's weird. I've never known Caroline could be pronounced any other way but Cah-. Gotta say I'm not loving the sound of Care-oh-line. It's not as bad as Tair-uh (tear a what? What are we tearing?) but it's strange to me.
Not that I love all the Australian ways of pronouncing things either. -er always becomes -a in an Aussie accent and leads to things like Winta and Summah and Osca and Jaspa and Parka. It's almost enough to put me off using any -er/-ar names.
Not that I love all the Australian ways of pronouncing things either. -er always becomes -a in an Aussie accent and leads to things like Winta and Summah and Osca and Jaspa and Parka. It's almost enough to put me off using any -er/-ar names.
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And, living in the US, I don't think of pronouncing Caroline as any way but CARE-oh-line.
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