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in reply to a message by Korrine
Yeah, I was taught a long time ago that the "classic" English pronunciation was cohr-INN, and corEEN was an error (phonetic) that someone decided they liked and perpetuated. I suppose directly from the French, it's more like corEEN, so technically it's more "correct,"
but French spoken vowels are a bit different from in English, so there's some leeway.
- chazda
but French spoken vowels are a bit different from in English, so there's some leeway.
- chazda
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I realize that foreign vowel pronounciations are different, so if someone who's Hispanic or French (or French-Canadian) calls me Correen, I totally understand. It's the people who have been corrected & still insist on pronouncing my name their way who drive me nuts. Also, I was under the impression that the origin of my name was Greek (in which case the final "e" would be pronounced instead of being silent), from the word "Kore" for the free-standing female statues. Anyone else have any other etymological information?
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