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[Opinions] Re: How would you pronounce Rosaline?
Yeah. Its like Madeleine or Rosalind, IMO.
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I don't think you understand the question. Madeleine and Rosalind are not accented on the second syllable either.I think you meant ROZ-uh-line, not roz-UH-line.
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Really?I can see emphasizing the second syllable of Madeleine if you're going for mad-LEN rather than MAD-ə-lien or MAD-ə-lin, but I've never heard of Rosalind or Rosaline said with the emphasis on any syllable but the first. To keep it all Shakespearean, I believe they have the same rhythm as JES-i-ka or ROH-mee-oh, not mi-RAN-da or ma-REE-na.
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Madeleine with the middle symbol emphasized would rhyme with Magellan. Sort of cool, actually!
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Do you know what it means to emphasize a syllable?
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