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Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:23 am
Valteria says...



The name is Milen. Would you pronounce it as (myl-en) or (mil-en) or neither? I am curious because this is the name of the main character of the novel I am working on and I need to make sure readers get the right idea. Otherwise, I may have to change the way I spell it. Thank you all for your help. :)
  





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Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:38 am
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Mill-en, but I suck at pronunciations. XD

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Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:44 am
JabberHut says...



I pronounce it as my-len since there's only one L. xD Yay, confusion.
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:56 am
Emerson says...



Er, writing pronunciations in English characters is so confusing. xD

Mill - uhn. Like Million. Except without the "yu" sound from the li.
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:00 am
GeeLyria says...



I would pronounce it my-len! :smt002
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:32 am
ultraviolet says...



Mil-en. But that's just me.
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:33 am
zankoku_na_tenshi says...



I'm seeing mee-lin, but my way of pronouncing things is crazy. XD
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:47 pm
MKate says...



I'm seeing My-len.
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:28 pm
Shepherd says...



Mill - uhn. Like Million. Except without the "yu" sound from the li.


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Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:35 pm
Sins says...



It actually depends... is it a guy or a girl?

If it's a guy, I seem to think My-len

If it's a girl, I seem to think Mi-leen
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:30 pm
Kale says...



Mi-len, to rhyme with Ellen.
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Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:34 am
ToritheMonster says...



Mi- lenn

like mill hen minus the h
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Sat Jul 03, 2010 5:09 pm
canislupis says...



If there were two "l"s, I'd say meh-llen, but now I'm seeing my-len.
  





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Sat Jul 03, 2010 5:39 pm
Valteria says...



Thanks for all the help guys. It's greatly appreciated so keep it coming, please. If anyone is curious, I want my readers to pronounce it like My-len. :D :D :D
  





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Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:04 am
TalaPaulwic says...



I read it as "Mil-len" but if I were asked to pronounce it it would come out as "muh-len".
All I can hear; "I me mine, I me mine, I me mine". Even those tears; "I me mine, I me mine, I me mine". No one's frightened of playing it. Everyone's saying it. Flowing more freely than wine. All through your life; "I me mine".
  








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