Why has the name “Karen” recently changed its pronunciation from “kair-en” to “kahr-en”?
People have a way of wanting to be unique in the way they are perceived and such things as spelling one’s name brings them a sense of individualism, so something as simple as changing the way it is pronounced is no different. For example, someone might spell their name as Karen, but it could be pronounced as Kahr-en or Care-een. This could also be because of someone having a foreign language dialect. My name is Darlene and I have seen it spelled as Darleen, Darlene, Darleene and I have had people pronounce it as Darlin, Dah-lin and Dar-lean (Dar-lean is actually the way to pronounce it) and to be honest, I will answer to anything as long as someone doesn’t call me late for dinner
