One thing that is blowing my mind right now, do Americans really pronounce "Helene" as "Huh-Leen" and not as "Huh-Lane"?
Heh-lean is more like it, at least if you live where I live.
@Tee_Lynn I think so, i'm in Quebec where Helene is a popular French name. In French, it sounds like "Heh-len" which is why "I think" we pronounce it English with more of a "lane" then a "leen" at the end.
@Stevo
It could also be regional.