I like the pronunciation [name]ROSE[/name]-uh-line but I know it’s not as traditional as [name]ROZ[/name]-lyn/ line or [name]ROSE[/name]-uh-leen so if you met a girl with the first pronunciation, would you assume the parents were ignorant? Also, does the [name]Rosaline[/name] spelling make more sense with that pronunciation or does it matter? I prefer Roseline because the other way, I just zero in on the word saline.
ETA: I’m in Oklahoma, if that makes a difference.
Thanks!
I would not think parents are ignorant. It makes more sense you pronounced Roseline [name]ROSE[/name]-uh-line. I prefer [name]Rose[/name]-lyn pronunciation, but it’s fine if you pronounced it differently.
No, I wouldn’t think you were ignorant. I would probably opt for [name]Rosaline[/name], just because “e” to me has never signified “uh.” But it makes sense, and I’d get used to it after the first few tries, especially if she was the only [name]ROSE[/name]-uh-line I knew.
I would pronounce [name]Rosaline[/name] [name]Rose[/name]-uh-line but would pronounce Roseline [name]Roz[/name]-lyn or [name]Roz[/name]-a-lyn.
No, I would not think you were ignorant. I think the prn. depends on where you live. I’m in the States and my instinct is to prn. it Rose-uh-leen. The Roseline spelling looks like rose-line to me. Have you considered Rosalie?
I prefer the [name]Rosaline[/name] spelling, and while I would pronounce it [name]Ros[/name]-u-leen, I think most people would pronounce it [name]Rose[/name]-a-line, so I think you are safe with the [name]Rosaline[/name] spelling, by the way, this name is very pretty, great taste!
I like [name]Rosaline[/name] pron. [name]ROZ[/name]-a-line, because that’s how it sounds in my head when I read the name in [name]Romeo[/name] and [name]Juliet[/name].
@brigid16- That’s why I wonder if most people would pronounce it [name]ROZ[/name]-lyn or [name]ROZ[/name]-uh-line like in [name]Shakespeare[/name] or if maybe they assume a different pronunciation? I also kind of feel like because it’s a Shakespearean name, is it awful to change the way it was ‘intended’ to be said?
@kashed22- [name]Rosalie[/name] is very pretty, just way too overexposed now because of Twilight.
I like Roseline and immediately prn it [name]Rose[/name] a line! I love [name]Rosalind[/name] but would love it better if it were prn [name]Rose[/name] a lynd. Oh well.
[name]Ros[/name]-uh-line is actually the original and correct pronunciation 
and is how I say the name, I asked the same question on here before since a character in my current book is named [name]Rosaline[/name].
@catloverd yes that’s the Shakespearean pronunciation, I just prefer [name]Rose[/name] to [name]Roz[/name] and am not sure if most will assume [name]Roz[/name]