How do you spell Katherine?

glitterpuss

If I took a phone call from you at work, and you said that was your name, I would spell it Catherine.

Even though the only Catherine I know is spelt Kathryn!!

Soleil_lune

glitterpuss wrote: »

If I took a phone call from you at work, and you said that was your name, I would spell it Catherine.

Even though the only Catherine I know is spelt Kathryn!!

:rotfl:

That one works too

Catherine_:]

I'm Catherine and always have been, it has never been shorten down. Most people I know spell my name with a C. I was named after my granny and she was also Catherine but I have an auntie who is also Catherine but gets Katie. I know another Catherine and a Katherine with a 'K'.

Richard53

Armchair23 wrote: »

I was named after a Grandmother

Sorry, all I can think of here is a lovely grandparent called 'Granny Armchair'.

samtoby

I know a Katherine. I known a Katelyn and I always thought that was spelt Caitlin.

Kynthia

In my family we use Katherine. I've also known a Kathleen which is a different name but is anglicised from an Irish name, Caitlin. So I wonder if using a K is more English than a C, just like Kieran is the anglicised version of Ciaran?

Mrs_Ryan

My Mum wanted to call me Katherine but my nan wouldn't allow it because of some black sheep Auntie Kitty I would usually spell it with a C. The only person I know of with the name is my mate whose middle name it is and she spells hers with a C.
It's interesting to read the poster who changed the spelling of her name to match her initials- I know someone whose Dad stopped his mum naming him what she wanted to because his initials would have been the same and his Dad didn't like it! I think it's nice when that happens. It looks quite neat (although as it happens the name he was called does actually go quite nicely and I've heard him called by his initials anyway )

paulineb_2

I know people called Catherine who get called Kate and Katie. Im assuming that Kate and Katie are more common spellings than Cate and Catie hence the K and not the C.

Ive always pronounced Caitlin as its spelled. Theres also a few ways you can spell Catriona. Catrina. Katrina. Katriona.

The name that always baffles me spelling wise is Lindsey, I know a few Lindsey/Lynsey/Lyndsey/Lyndsay/Linseys and I often get it wrong Although Im sure some kids are Lindzee now as well.

My name isnt too common where I am, I only know one other Pauline, shes a fitness instructor and I do her classes, so when Im getting shouted at for not working hard enough either by her or her co instructor, they call me by my surname too, its quite funny.

I appreciate there can be lots of ways of spelling a name, I just dont see why parents need to make things complicated. For example calling a kid Lindzee and not Lindsey, to me thats just a bit ridiculous, but I suppose not as ridiculous as calling your kids Chardonnay-Mercedes-Afrodite.

I also used to know a couple of fitness instructors, Lee and Leigh and if I had been talking to one and then speaking to the other, Id always call Leigh Lee, just typing as I thought, I should really just slap myself up and down with a book of names that sound the same and be done with it.

neverdespairgirl

I have a childhood friend, Catherine, who goes by Cate. You don't have to change it to Kate if you spell it Catherine.

coolcait

I've occasionally heard the pronunciation 'Cath-er-een' during my several decades of life in the West of Scotland. Mainly during my younger days - and mainly from older people.

As a general rule, however, in this part of the world, the Catherines, Catharines, Catherins, Cathryns, Katharines, Katharyns, Katheryns, Katherynes and Kathryns are almost universally called:

Kathr'in

Although the pervasive influence of estuary English is leading to an increase in the pronunciation Kaffr'in.

Similarly, Caitlin is 'Kai-〈ʔ〉-lin (I love the fact that the glottal stop has a phonetic symbol!)

It won't be long until a local mum combines local pronunciation with the fad for exotic spelling, and names her baby daughter Magritte.

And I did completely veto the idea of calling my wean 'Wayne'...

When it comes to names - for me - the spelling is the least of the pitfalls out there!