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Catherine or Katherine?

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noblegiraffe · 16/10/2012 19:45

Which spelling do you prefer?

Also, could you call a girl Catherine and still shorten it to Katie or would that be weird?

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SchnitzelVonKrumm · 16/10/2012 22:34

Catherine. It's the only way.

MakeHayNotStraw · 16/10/2012 22:33

Catherine, definitely. Catie if shortened, but we never shorten dd's name.

BoyMeetsWorld · 16/10/2012 22:31

Spidero really? I would've thought the other way around?

HeeeresThing3 · 16/10/2012 22:31

I prefer Katherine, but then as that is my name I probably would Grin

JustSpidero · 16/10/2012 22:24

I think Katherine seems like a slightly more dated version, and on those grounds would probably go for Catherine.

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noblegiraffe · 16/10/2012 22:20

Argh, a complete split! My DH and I are agreed on the name but can't agree on the spelling. Impasse.

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BoyMeetsWorld · 16/10/2012 21:40

Katherine, shortened to Katy . Or Catherine if you don't want it shortened.

HolyAutumnGoldBatman · 16/10/2012 20:47

I prefer Katherine.

Lifeisontheup · 16/10/2012 20:39

I would go for Catherine and shorten it to Kate but I may be slightly biased.Grin

VerySmallSqueak · 16/10/2012 20:32

I would do Katherine,so I could shorten to Kitty.

SorrelForbes · 16/10/2012 20:29

Or you could go for Katharine which I've been told is the original spelling (I could be completely wrong however!)

WerewolvesDoTheFandango · 16/10/2012 20:29

I prefer Katherine. I like cate short for Catherine though

jaffacakehips · 16/10/2012 20:25

Catherine.

Don't know why but I think the 'K' makes Katherine sound a bit hard. But IMHO is much better than the Kathryn spelling which I really don't like sorry mil Grin

eBook · 16/10/2012 20:20

Catherine.

I'd only shorten Katherine to Katie though.

AlexanderS · 16/10/2012 19:51

I also prefer Catherine. Why? I have no idea, maybe because that's how it was spelt originally. And agree you can still shorten it to Katie.

MamaMary · 16/10/2012 19:46

Catherine

And no, that would be perfectly normal.