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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Marylebone

How would you pronounce the following words?
1: Marylebone
2: Schengen
3: Revlon

Marylebone = marry-lee-bone
Schengen = shen-gen
Revlon = rev-lawn
  

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1. Marylebone is a classic problem name - hardly any visitors get it right and you certainly don't spell out the whole name. The nearest I can get to it in writing is something like 'Marly-boan' or even 'Mar-bon'.

— Anonymous

  • 1.
  • Marylebone is a classic problem name - hardly any visitors get it right and you certainly don't spell out the whole name.
  • The nearest I can get to it in writing is something like 'Marly-boan' or even 'Mar-bon'.
  • 2 - yes, with a schwa shen-guhn 3 Rev-lon ( rhymes with gone)
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1. Marylebone is a classic problem name - hardly any visitors get it right and you certainly don't spell out the whole name. The nearest I can get to it in writing is something like 'Marly-boan' or even 'Mar-bon'.

2 - yes, with a schwa shen-guhn

3 Rev-lon ( rhymes with gone)
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