Pronouncing Arwen?

Girl Names
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This is more of a poll.

I’m just wondering if more of you pronounce this with a Win or Wen sound?

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More or a win sound

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In my head it’s clearly -wen, but when I say it out loud it’s something between -i and -e.

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Hmm, I tend to pronounce it Ar-when, as the Wen in [name_f]Wendy[/name_f] :).

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I don’t think there would be a noticeable difference between -wen and -win when I say the name out loud but I say it more like -win.

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I pronounce it like wen

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For me it’s more of a “win” sound I guess, though in my accent there isn’t a huge amount of difference between AR-wen and AR-win (e.g. [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f] and [name_f]Bronwyn[/name_f] sound the same to me). I think I would only notice the difference if someone was speaking slowly.

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For me it’s more of a “win”

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I say it Are-win.

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[name_u]Win[/name_u] sound

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The [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] I knew while in school used the WIN sound. That is what I still use today.

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slightly between a win & wen sound. the way they say it in The [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings!

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They’re not way to different in my accent, but I think it’s closer to win for me. Wen sounds more correct, however.

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They sound the same in my accent. When and win sound the same. [name_f]Wendy[/name_f] and windy sound the same :joy:

I guess if I had to write out how I pronounce it it would be Ar-win.

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[name_u]Win[/name_u]

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Thankyou!!! :heart: I feel like I sway more towards [name_u]Win[/name_u] aswell ,so good to know I havent completely butchered the name :sweat_smile:

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Ehhh the same? [name_f]Wendy[/name_f] and windy are identical when I say them.

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it’s Ar-when for me :slightly_smiling_face:

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[name_u]Win[/name_u].

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In my dialect, -in and -en are exactly the same, but I would imagine the way I say [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] would probably be like the -in for people who differentiate.