Correct Pronunciation of "Caroline" Kennedy

Hi,

It is the morning after the opening night of the Democratic Convention.

I remember the 1960s and President Kennedy. I have always heard
his daughter Caroline's name pronounced "Care-oh-line" in accordance
with the spelling of the word.

Now I am hearing young TV talking heads pronounce her name as
"Care-oh-lynn," which I think is incorrect.

Which

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I've always heard it as KAIR-uh-line. (not linn)
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Car-o-line...not Car-o-lin. The latter is spelled Carolyn and is a variant of Caroline.

This honestly depends on the person who has the name. I've heard it both.. although I will say Care-oh-lynn is more common where-as you fine Care-oh-line more back in the earlier 1900's. 

My name is Skylar

Pronounced "Sky-LERRR" not "Sky-LARR" .. see.. everyone is different.

There were Car -o - line's in european aristocracy for generations so that's a thought! Queen of England for example. Personally, I think each Caroline should be entitled to be addressed as she chooses and not based on what's more common in the country of the speaker. I hate being called Care - o - lin though I can just cope with being called Car - o -lina by Spanish friends. Love Caroline Scot

In a recent replay of an interview with Jacqueline Kennedy when she was first lady she pronounced her daughter's name Care-o-lyn. She should know. Look up any old Jackie Kennedy press, it will confirm.

My name is Caroline, I am in high school and I have always pronounced it Care-oh-line. However, at first about half of my teachers thought it was pronounced Care-oh-lynn, which is a different spelling (Carolyn). I am not sure why it is so hard to pronounce when the last four letters spell the word 'line'. It really makes no sense to me why anyone would pronounce it differently.

If that was the case, English would be a logical language and parts of words would be pronounced always in the same way regardless where they were in the word (or even if they were the whole word). How about "wild" and "wilderness", "I like to read" and "I read the whole book yesterday", "face" and "surface", and dozens of words ending with "ate" which have a different pronunciation

Even though one can expect a diphthong as the last vowel in "Caroline", it is not the only possibility. If one wants it as a diphthong, that syllable has to receive secondary stress. Examples: mouth vs Plymouth; land vs Maryland; Ford vs Stanford.

From these, one can claim that English is an irregular language; but it is not an irregular language. It appears irregular to all L2 speakers,