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Panda teal 980 Posted 9 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How to pronounce my last name : Castrillon

Hi,

so I am in the process of legally eliminating one of my two last names and I want to keep this one: Castrillon. I would appreciate if someone could help me with the right English-America enunciation of this last name.



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That (your link) is probably how most Americans would pronounce your name when reading it. Those more sophisticated would probably give the final two syllables are more French sound, even swallowing the final /n/.

  • That (your link) is probably how most Americans would pronounce your name when reading it.
  • Those more sophisticated would probably give the final two syllables are more French sound, even swallowing the final /n/.
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That (your link) is probably how most Americans would pronounce your name when reading it. Those more sophisticated would probably give the final two syllables are more French sound, even swallowing the final /n/.

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If you're going to live in the US from now on, and you're changing your last name in some way, you might want to consider changing Castrillon to a more American-sounding name. This a very unusual name. I'm a native English speaker in the US, and this is the first time in my life I've come across it. Generally speaking, Americans don't like unusual, foreign-sounding names. For the rest of

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I’m sorry but the double L is pronounced like J so your pronunciation is not actually correct

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