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in reply to a message by Leah
My 1 year old's mn is Madeline and we hear all three.
Mad-eh-LINE or Mad-eh-LENN is fine with us.
Mad-eh-LYN I see as a different name - Madelyn, said how it's spelt. I tend to hear this out of certain regional accents and native English speakers with, frankly, lazy enunciation. I come from a family of teachers so it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine - can you tell? LOL Fortunately, we rarely hear it out of the people we see on a regular basis here in England, though half of my family in the US says it this way I'm sure.
Mad-eh-leen is what my Italian doula said. Dh's family in Czech Republic seem to do a version of this with it too.
I've also heard Mad-eh-LAINE - my daughter's French teacher said it this way. We're now letting her cousins teach her instead ;o)
Devon
Mad-eh-LINE or Mad-eh-LENN is fine with us.
Mad-eh-LYN I see as a different name - Madelyn, said how it's spelt. I tend to hear this out of certain regional accents and native English speakers with, frankly, lazy enunciation. I come from a family of teachers so it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine - can you tell? LOL Fortunately, we rarely hear it out of the people we see on a regular basis here in England, though half of my family in the US says it this way I'm sure.
Mad-eh-leen is what my Italian doula said. Dh's family in Czech Republic seem to do a version of this with it too.
I've also heard Mad-eh-LAINE - my daughter's French teacher said it this way. We're now letting her cousins teach her instead ;o)
Devon
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