How do you pronounce Eleanor?
I won't lie, I don't like the EleNOR pronunciation, so I'm wondering how common it is in the UK as I've heard it's mainly the American pronunciation.
If you say EleNOR, where in the UK are you from?
And do people think EleNOR will become more common in future, as more and more American English enters our language?
Thanks!
(Posting anon as I don't want friends to see what name were thinking)
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I say NOR but where I grew up all the Eleanor’s said it like Ella na
My best friend is Eleanor, but she’s always gone by Ellie, and she/we say Ella-nuh (if that makes sense) 😂
Elin-uh, I’m in south wales
Being from the north I’d say it’s more of an Ele-nuh lol
Eleanor - I'm from Glasgow so we are quite hard with the R's lol
Elea-na from Manchester however when I lived in London I heard Elea-NOR more often
Ele-nor - south east
Ellen-na
Yeah North and it's elean-nuh, my daughters middle name is Eleanor as it was my nans middle name... (first name Betty and couldn't use it for obvious reasons)
American in the UK here i’m definitely pronouncing it as Ele-nor
EleNOR - London
I’m called Eleanor and I get el-en-nuh. I find the only people who pronounce the or are my American relatives
My daughter is called Eleanor and we pronounce it Elena, but she's Ellie or Elle most of the time.
We're from Leeds.
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