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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its not. Madeline is pronounced mad-e- LINE like you said. Madeleine, Madelyn and  probably lots of other spelling variations are pronounced with Lynn ending. Like you, I prefer the name Madeline but it is often mispronounced. [/quote]

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[b]For the etymologists among us, Madeline really SHOULD be pronounced MAD-uh-lyn, not MAD-uh-line.  This is because it is a French name originally spelled Madeleine, which, in French, is pronounced mad-uh-LEHN, and is then Americanized to MAD-uh-lin.  The spelling Madeline would be pronounced (according to its French roots) as mad-uh-LEEN, which would, again, be Americanized to MAD-uh-lin.  See Jacqueline, Catherine, Jessamine.  The "English" pronounciation MAD-uh-line is actually a mistake taken from the Madeline books, in which the MAD-uh-line pronunciation was used to create a rhyming scheme.[/quote][/b]

THIS. It’s the correct pronunciation. I’ve heard it both ways, OP, but in terms of being right—you aren’t. Pronounce it however you want but just don’t think those other people are the ones screwing it up. [/quote]

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