Pronunciation of Isaline & Isoline

Not sure how a (native) English speaker would traditionally pronounce Isaline & Isoline.

  • Eye-suh-leen
  • Eye-zuh-leen
  • Other (please let me know!)
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with an ee sound, not an eye sound!

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Ee-suh-leen or ee-soe-leen
edit: Louisiana here, solely speak English

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For primarily English-speaking countries as well? I know it is the proper way in other languages, but I am wondering how people who solely speak [name_f]English[/name_f] pronounce it. In my American mind I think to pronounce it “eye,” so I was wondering if that’s the typical [name_f]English[/name_f] pronunciation.

I would probably be tempted to say IZ-a-line like a combination of [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] and [name_f]Caroline[/name_f].

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i maybe would change your poll description to be for “native english speakers” then, instead of just “english speakers” :sweat_smile: that said i’d still assume most people would say it with an “ee” due to its similarity to isabel, isabella and isadora!

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and that’s why i’d say it with an “iz” sound :sob::sweat_smile:

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Native [name_f]English[/name_f] speaker; I’d say IZ-uh-leen.

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Good point to mention “native,” thank you!

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Midwest USA accent

Ee-sah-line
Ee-sew-line

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[name_u]True[/name_u], actually! I think I may have just changed it to a long “i” sound due to preference because it would make more sense for me to think the same actually :joy:

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Yes, this was my thought as well!

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Native speaker, and i would say ih-zuh-leen and ih-so-leen.

i’m a native speaker and i would intuitively pronounce this ee-suh-line!

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Haha I didn’t think of that one! I’m seeing lots of variations here! I’m sure the different dialects affect the pronunciation as well. I guess it’s not something as straightforward for us in [name_f]English[/name_f] as “Ann” or “May” or “Grace.”

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Eye-suh-line for [name_f]Isaline[/name_f], more eye-soh-leen for Isoline.

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maybe not as straightforward, but i do really like it! it’s quite beautiful :revolving_hearts:

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[name_f]Isaline[/name_f] → Izz-uh-leen or izz-uh-line (but probably the -leen would be my guess)

Isoline → Izz-oh-line or Izz-oh-leen (-line would be by instinct). However, I might guess Eye-zo-line too…

I’m aware that’s probably not very helpful :grin:

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[name_f]Isaline[/name_f] - eye-suh-leen
Isoline - ih-zoh-line (long o sound)

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Not a native [name_f]English[/name_f] speaker but

ee-zuh-leen

ee-zo-leen (zo like “zoe” but one syllable, not zo-ee)

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