How do you spell Katherine?

balletshoes

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I think it must be because I've never heard ...een either. I would also pronounce the T in Caitlin.

ah now i see where people are going with the T in Caitlin - when I say it the T is there, but its softer than the other letters in the name - like when I say butter or Scotland - the T is a much softer-pronounced letter to me in both those words, compared to the rest of the letters.

Jelly_Biactol

My sister is called Cathryn.

Jalapee

Me also!

Mine is spelt Cathrin (no e's or y's )

SmlSave

Corr, never thought I'd start such a long thread!

Basically DH want's the most common way of spelling which he thinks is Catherine.

I want Katherine although I love Kathryn.

So we are currently just discussing the C or K atm

and to make things more complicated I'm going to call her Callie or Kally (depending on full name spelling)

paulineb_2

balletshoes wrote: »

ah now i see where people are going with the T in Caitlin - when I say it the T is there, but its softer than the other letters in the name - like when I say butter or Scotland - the T is a much softer-pronounced letter to me in both those words, compared to the rest of the letters.

Yes that's it. Someone referenced it earlier as the glottal stop and yes its when people say the word butter (well some of us Scots), the T is hardly pronounced. I do say the T in Caitlin, but its softer pronounced as you say.

arbroath_lass

SmlSave wrote: »

Corr, never thought I'd start such a long thread!

Basically DH want's the most common way of spelling which he thinks is Catherine.

I want Katherine although I love Kathryn.

So we are currently just discussing the C or K atm

and to make things more complicated I'm going to call her Callie or Kally (depending on full name spelling)

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.

paulineb_2

daisiegg wrote: »

That is so strange. I have a huge Scottish family including a couple of Aunty Catherines and I have never heard it pronounced like that.

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.

paulineb_2

I also do know people called Kathryn and if the name was spelled in that way Id say Cath-rin rhyming with sin.

But having known someone who was called Cath and her name was Catherine and it was prounounced with the ine rhyming with nine, Id always try and make sure I was prounouncing someones name in the correct way for them.

Its like I know a few people called Gillian with a soft G, pronounced like you would say Jill, but I also know someone who is called Gillian and its pronounced with a hard G like gill.

Who knows, maybe people called Gillian everywhere in the world apart from where I live pronounce it with a hard G, just that shes the only person I know who pronounces it differently and you wouldnt know just from reading her name in print.

paulineb_2

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

lostinrates

Its really funny.

Usually some one posts here for opinions on names saying they want to call their child something and most posters urge the op to give their child choice with a long name that can be abbreviated.


Op, I'd go with the c if you have a string Scottish / celtic connection and the k if you are English dominant. Why? Its as good away to decide as any other. K with the 'ine' ending might be a compromise but my default standpoint if I didn't have the opportunity to ask for it o be spelled from a k initial would be the assumption of likely hood of 'ryn' ending. Very personally I think the abbreviation with the C spelling looks nicer! But that's very personal.


Spelling a name ( or having it misspelt) is not the worst thing in the world. Mine is incorrectly spelt often , doesn't bother me a all.