How do you spell Katherine?

System

I spell it Catherine

But only because that's how my parents did it when they named my sister

I'm probably more awkward as I'm a Rebecca but everyone calls me Beki (spelt that way because in year 7 there were 3 of us so we all adopted different spellings!!)

daisiegg

balletshoes wrote: »

which in the grand scheme of things, is really no big deal .

Not for everybody. I was discussing names with a friend the other day. I had never really thought about it before but both of her children have one-syllable, four letter names. She said it is because she has a name that could have more than one spelling (it is a fairly uncommon name but not at all unheard of) and she hates having to spell it out for people all the time. She was determined that her children would not have that issue.

continualdiamond

If it's for your childs name spell it Catherine or Katherine, saves a lot of correcting.

My little girl is called Scarlett though I didn't appreciate that a lot of people would spell it Scarlet when we got cards etc. My only thought was that we weren't spelling it how my husband wanted (Skarlett).

RobotsinDisguse

I'm Catherine. I was prem so dad shortened it to Kate.

Que one confused child learning to spell. But that didn't last long. I answer to either.

At Uni I changed Kate to Cate so that my initials matched, and now I've been Cate for over 10 years, and I'm happier with it than either other.

RobotsinDisguse

Oh I also have a surname that can be spelt at least 5 different ways (inc 2 different 1st letters), and don't mind having to Always spell it out, slowly, so saying "catherine with a C" each time is no bother at all!

balletshoes

lets face it, even Smith can be spelled in more than one way .

I've always had to spell my surname - before I was married, and afterwards. It really doesn't bother me.

aeb_2

Years ago I taught a boy who had special needs who became a young father.
He made his baby daughter a card and asked me to help him write inside. I asked what her name was. He got a piece of paper out of his pocket with the words he wanted

"I love you KT"

balletshoes

aeb wrote: »

Years ago I taught a boy who had special needs who became a young father.
He made his baby daughter a card and asked me to help him write inside. I asked what her name was. He got a piece of paper out of his pocket with the words he wanted

"I love you KT"

thats really sweet .

Tropez

I thought it was a universally accepted truth that if in doubt, you spell it D-A-V-E.

nickj_2

my daughter is Katherine , which is shortened to Katie, Kate , i thought that Catherines etc were shortened to Cath or Cathy ,