More about ( the Christian name) 'Irene'
Hi,
(1) Is it true that 'Irene' can be pronounced in (at least) three different ways?
[a] eye-REEN (two syllables, the second one is accented)
eye-REE-nee ( three syllables )
[c] eye-REN
(2) Do you agree that [a] is by far the most common in modern English?
(3) Can you confirm that [c] is rather rare as compared with [a] and ?
I wonder if [c] sounds so to say "a little Polish" to you?
Now, to the most difficult question imho :-)
(4) Why do you think some native English speakers seem to (kind of) dislike [a] yet admitting that is fine with them?
Looking forward to your thoughts on how 'Irene' is pronounced nowadays... and used to be pronounced in our not very distant past.
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(4) Why do you think some native English speakers seem to (kind of) dislike [a] yet admitting that is fine with them? stands for vlivef eye-REE-nee ( three syllables ) of course
- (4) Why do you think some native English speakers seem to (kind of) dislike [a] yet admitting that is fine with them?
- stands for vlivef eye-REE-nee ( three syllables ) of course
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(4) Why do you think some native English speakers seem to (kind of) dislike [a] yet admitting that is fine with them?
stands for
vlivefeye-REE-nee ( three syllables ) of course
0vlivef(2) Do you agree that [a] is by far the most common in modern English?
Yes.
vlivef(3) Can you confirm that [c] is rather rare as compared with [a] and ?
That and your second pronunciation, eye-REE-nee, are unfamiliar in the UK. You seem to have discovered non-standard pronunciations that are used in some part
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