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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It’s more phonetic; we don’t say the O in Jackson/Allison/Emerson but it sounds more like a short I sound like in pin or kin.[/b]

So Alysyn, Jacksyn it comes to be but is also thought to be kreeightyve and youneek.
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What?

My sister's name is Allison and my son's name is Jackson. We do not pronounce either name with a short i ("in/yn") sound at the end.

We pronounce Allison more like "Alla-sun" and Jackson is pronounced exactly as it appears-- "Jack-son."

We travel a lot, and the only place I've ever heard Allison or Jackson pronounced with  short-i sound  ("in/yn") has been in Texas and Georgia. No one else anywhere in the US, UK, Canada, Spain, Germany, or New Zealand (places we travel often) has ever pronounced these names with an "in/yn" sound. Not once in the DC area have I heard these names pronounced with a short-i sound. [/quote]

Agree that this must be a regional thing. I’m from the DC area and all of these names sound like -son to me. [/quote]

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