How do you spell Katherine?

Georgiegirl256

lostinrates wrote: »

Nevertheless, Harry IS 'short for' or an affectionate term of Henry too.

Very true. My Dad's middle name is Henry, and he doesn't go by his first name, so gets called Harry.

I guess Harry can be (is) short for Harold, but not always.

Georgiegirl256

I didn't realise Caitlin was a version of Catherine (that's how I always spell it btw), but I guess it makes sense now when I think of the lad at work who's daughter is called Caitlin. It's possibly after his Mam who is called Cathy and is Scottish.

arbroath_lass

SmlSave wrote: »

DH's name is three letters and no-one can spell it so he wants an official first name that most people can spell automatically. Having to say with a 'C' or a 'K' doesn't annoy him though

Kai? Just guessing. Lovely name too.

neverdespairgirl

arbroath_lass wrote: »

I think Catherine is a lovely name no matter how you spell it but why not just call her Callie (or Kally) if that is the name you like. Callie is a lovely name and not out of place for an adult.

I wouldn't - I don't think it's a terribly serious grown-up type name. PC Callie Smith sounds a bit silly. PC Catherine Smith, called Callie by her Mum, sounds a lot less daft.

The only person I've known who was called Callie was really Caroline.

paulineb wrote: »

I agree, why call someone a name that you know you arent going to call them on a day to day basis?

Because it's useful to have a more formal and serious name in case you go for a formal and serious adult life.

Someone called "Liz" on her birth certificate would almost certainly spend a lot of her life explaining that she wasn't really "Elizabeth".

We quite often call our son "Snow Frog". It would look pretty silly as his official name, though!

coolcait

paulineb wrote: »

Cath reen or Cath er een, but anyone I know called Catherine, its pronounced more like Cath reen, if the er in the middle is prounounced its very slight not like Cath-er-een, the er is hardly heard.

Im around 15 miles from Glasgow, thats how everyone Ive known growing up and Ive known a few Catherines, has pronounced their name.

It may well be a Lanarkshire thing, but thats how people say Catherine around here.

It must be a local thing because - as I've already said - it's definitely not the way the name is pronounced in my part of the west

From here on in, I'm not specifically replying to what you've said - just trying to put all my thoughts in one place, rather than posting several times in response to individual posts.

Someone asked (more or less) why not just give your child the name that you're going to call them on a daily basis. So, you might name your son 'Henry', even though you know that he's going to be called 'Harry' on a daily basis. You might even make an announcement to that effect... (the contents of this post have not been inspired by any real-life person, living or dead. Honest, guv)

I'd go along with that approach. To my mind it gives the child more choices.

As for the glottal stop versus 'softer 't'.... Here comes Sheldon's Phun with Phonetics :rotfl:

While you doing the following, concentrate on the way your mouth is creating the sounds.

Say 'Caitlin', really emphasising the 't'. Caitlin!

Say 'Caitlin', without emphasising the 't'. Caitlin. (softer 't')

Say 'Caitlin', in the way that my primary teacher called "swallowing your 't's". Cai-lin. (glottal stop)

It is - you should pardon the expression - all about the placement of the tongue and the movement of the throat...

Georgiegirl256

The name Callie reminds me of a local girl who at 16 won the lottery, proceeded to spend the money on a boob job, fast cars and a serious of druggy boyfriends, and in the end lost all the money, you may gave seen her....she was in nearly every magazine going!

I have never known Callie to be short for Catherine though?

johanne

Our daughters middle name is Catherine... we also (wrongly) assumed most people would spell it that way.. we now have to do the "with a C.. " thing whenever we have to give her full name and the spell it out thing. Not helped that OHs cousins daughter is Katherine so all his side of the family spell it that way for our daughter.


I am a Johanne - which is Joanne with a silent H....... you don't know how many times in my 28 years I have cringed having to say that... and then I get Johanna... and have no say No its not "anna" on the end cos its got a H in it.. its just Joanne.


I now go by Jo to most people..... and just accept Joanne, Jo-ann, Joe-anne , Johanna, Joe-anna, johan, etc etc .. unless its an official document where it needs to be correct. I also still get Joe too which is the male version obviously... OR foreign people often read my name as the male german name Johanne which is pronounced Yo-hanne.... surprised a few people in my working life when they've expected some german bloke and got a young scouse girl when they've called my phone after reading an email from me. lol


I think whatever you call your child there is always going to be someone somewhere who will misspell it and it will always annoy you when people do.

themull1

time2deal wrote: »

I agree. I find it strange that Kate's (Will and Kate) full name is Catherine. Good point about learning to write!

I also vote for Katherine or Catherine. I speak from experience that Kathryn isn't that common, and people more generally assume it's the longer version.

That gets on my nerves, why isnt she Cate? My daughter is Katherine, she gets Katie.

paulineb_2

coolcait wrote: »

It must be a local thing because - as I've already said - it's definitely not the way the name is pronounced in my part of the west

From here on in, I'm not specifically replying to what you've said - just trying to put all my thoughts in one place, rather than posting several times in response to individual posts.

Someone asked (more or less) why not just give your child the name that you're going to call them on a daily basis. So, you might name your son 'Henry', even though you know that he's going to be called 'Harry' on a daily basis. You might even make an announcement to that effect... (the contents of this post have not been inspired by any real-life person, living or dead. Honest, guv)

I'd go along with that approach. To my mind it gives the child more choices.

As for the glottal stop versus 'softer 't'.... Here comes Sheldon's Phun with Phonetics :rotfl:

While you doing the following, concentrate on the way your mouth is creating the sounds.

Say 'Caitlin', really emphasising the 't'. Caitlin!

Say 'Caitlin', without emphasising the 't'. Caitlin. (softer 't')

Say 'Caitlin', in the way that my primary teacher called "swallowing your 't's". Cai-lin. (glottal stop)

It is - you should pardon the expression - all about the placement of the tongue and the movement of the throat...

Id personally call the glottal stop the one with the very soft t. Id never say the name Caitlin as Cai-lin, theres always a slight t sound, same as if I said the word butter or water and didnt emphasise the t and used a slight t, again Id say that was using the glottal stop. The t is so slight you can hardly hear it, its as if you are saying the first part of the t sound and then not finishing it, thats the only way I can describe how I say words when Im using the glottal stop.

But then again that might just be how we say it here in Lanarkshire, might be very different elsewhere, some people might not use the glottal stop at all.

KateBob

onlyroz wrote: »

My own preference would be Katharine shortened to Katie. This was second on the list when choosing a name for our daughter. In the end we went for Eleanor/Ellie.

Small world, I'm Katharine shortened to Katie (family) or Kate (work).

My daughter is Eleanor shortened to Ella.


To the OP, choose another name please!
I've spent my life spelling my name out and fielding phone calls to confirm the spelling of my name even when I've given the spelling in the first place.