top Scottish boy's names

[Jack Daw]

Can members in America tell us how you pronounce 'Colin'? I'm thinking here of Colin Powell, as just one of many. Is it 'ko-lin' or 'caw-lin'? Not intended as a trick question; it could be that the double-l came about as a result of unfamiliar recorders and the tendency, therefore, for the double-l to be pronounced differently than the single-l.

Colin Powell's pronunciation (with the long O) of his first name was unique to my ears. My former pipe instructor's grandson's name is pronounced, "Cah-lin".

I've heard that the actor Gerard Butler can barely tolerate the way Americans pronounce his first name.