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How would you pronounce the name....

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MamaMimi · 08/05/2009 12:37

...Catriona.

Dp and I have differing opinions on this and I just wonder what the consensus would be amongst everyone out there. Maybe it depends on where, in the UK, you come from(?)

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OrmIrian · 08/05/2009 13:06

Emphasis on the 'tree' bit not the 'uh' bit.

OrmIrian · 08/05/2009 13:06

Cat- ree- uh -na

And I know cos it's MINE!

I just knew this thread was going to be about that name. BTW if you love your DD don't use it. I have spent a lifetime having it mispelt or mispronounced. Which is why I am always Kate now.

MrsKitty · 08/05/2009 13:04

I'd say Ca-tree-oh-na

Given that the link from throckenholt advises both pronunciations, I'd say you could use whichever you prefer

MatthewBellamysMuse · 08/05/2009 12:59

Ca - tree - na

TrillianAstra · 08/05/2009 12:53

It's not a "known" Celtic-weird-spelling-pronunciation-thingy like Siobhan though, is it? So unless you are in Ireland or wherever I think most people are going to assume that a name with an O in that place is going to sound like it has an O.

girlandboy · 08/05/2009 12:45

Cat-ree-o-nah

It never occurred to me to pronounce it like Katrina.

Midlands

throckenholt · 08/05/2009 12:45

I would say Cat-ri-oh-na - Catreena would be spelt Catrina - no ?

this doesn't help much - it says both !

PacificDogwood · 08/05/2009 12:44

Ca-tree-nah - which is correct way, natch, as celtic/scottish/irish kind of name

ramonaquimby · 08/05/2009 12:43

caa tree oh na

TrillianAstra · 08/05/2009 12:43

cat-ree-OH-na

Cat-ree-na is Katrina as in the hurricane, no?

wastingmyeducation · 08/05/2009 12:43

Cat-ree- o- na. There is an o in it.

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LastOrders · 08/05/2009 12:42

Ca - tree - nah

Down South

Castiel · 08/05/2009 12:42

DH's cousin is Catriona, pronounced Cat ree na.

Fimbo · 08/05/2009 12:41

As per Rubyslippers but I have heard it pronounced Katrina as well.

PenelopePitstops · 08/05/2009 12:40

cat re nah

midlands

rubyslippers · 08/05/2009 12:37

cat - re - oh - na

am Northern