How do you pronounce Katherine?
KATH-e-rin or KATH-rin? I tend to use the second pronunciation most of the time, but I am from the deep south in th US. I am not sure if regional differences would effect the typical pronunciation.
Top names:
Girl: Emma, Katherine, Charlotte, Mia, and Anna.
Boys: Daniel, Liam, James, and David.
Top names:
Girl: Emma, Katherine, Charlotte, Mia, and Anna.
Boys: Daniel, Liam, James, and David.
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Two syllables. I'm South African, but Brits think I'm a Brit when they hear me talk.
KATH-rin
KATH-e-rin. I come from New Jersey, a part of the country where the tendency is to pronounce all syllables. An Englishman once commented upon it when he heard me speak: "I love your accent. The way you pronounce each syllable."
I'm not really sure. I feel like I use both. I "see" it as three syllables, but if I say it out loud it sounds more like Kath-rin.
Yes, this exactly
Totally agree, and funny enough it happens to be my own name (a different spelling)
Totally agree, and funny enough it happens to be my own name (a different spelling)
Usually, I pronounce it as KATH-rin, though I say it slow enough, then it becomes KATH-e-rin.
KATH-rin
I have not heard it any other way.
I have not heard it any other way.
KATH-e-rin in my head, KATH-rin out loud
And another thing
I taught a child once whose name was Catheline. I pronounced it like Kathleen, and she corrected me: it was, she said, cath-uh-leen. I thanked her and moved on; usually I don't use nicknames when I'm teaching, unless I get asked to, but I called her Cathy from that day on, and she accepted it quit happily. I just couldn't force myself to say all three syllables.
I taught a child once whose name was Catheline. I pronounced it like Kathleen, and she corrected me: it was, she said, cath-uh-leen. I thanked her and moved on; usually I don't use nicknames when I'm teaching, unless I get asked to, but I called her Cathy from that day on, and she accepted it quit happily. I just couldn't force myself to say all three syllables.
KATH-e-rin. I think KATH-rin is more common here in SoCal though.
edit: after repeating it to myself a thousand times I'd say my pronunciation is more like KA-ther-in
edit: after repeating it to myself a thousand times I'd say my pronunciation is more like KA-ther-in
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I say KATH-rin. The other pronunciation sounds too stilted when I say it.
Hmm. It's a little scary that I don't know how I pronounce my own middle name and had to say it out loud multiple times to figure it out...but I think I'm a mix of both? For me, the 'e' is *there*, but it's super fast and you probably wouldn't hear it unless you were listening for it!
I'm from NC but my parents are from upstate NY and I spent 14 years there growing up
I'm from NC but my parents are from upstate NY and I spent 14 years there growing up
Kath-rin.
I'm from the west coast (US).
I'm from the west coast (US).
Kaeyth'rine. One usually would not hear the /e/ which follows the /h/ from the /th/ sound unless the name is stated slowly.
Personally, I am a fast talker but with an extremely low voice: the lower the voice, the slower the vocal vibrations.
Personally, I am a fast talker but with an extremely low voice: the lower the voice, the slower the vocal vibrations.
First. I live in Wales but speak with a strong English accent.
My name is Catherine and I pronounce it essentially as 2 syllables, but with a very brief, barely perceptible middle syllable. I dislike when people pronounce it with 3 very distinct syllables.
This is my sister's name, for us the e is silent. We're from the American Southwest.
KATH-rin
New England
New England
I pronounce all three syllables but the middle one is said quickly and is not as distinct as the others. I grew up in the Midwest and the West (US).
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