To spell 'Auntie' < this way?

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It's my DN christening on Sunday so DH and I have bought her a lovely Owl teddy with a message on.

Have always spelt 'Auntie' like this (so this on how it was put onto the owl) but DSIL showed me a T Shirt DN had on the other day and it said 'I love my Aunty'.

I said, 'Oh how cute', but was really thinking 'Bugger, we've spelt it wrong on the present'!

We both thought 'Auntie' was the right spelling, am I wrong? And if I am, don't most people spell it that way anyway? It might be just me but 'Aunty' looks wrong.

....Actually, now I type it, it looks right?! and how many times can I get the word Auntie in a thread!

It's Auntie. Although the other way is acceptable too.
Is it just me or are the words Auntie and Aunty looking less like real words the more you look at them?!

Is it not a Katie/Katy thing? Pick whichever you prefer as long as you know that Aunt is the actual term.

It isn't the prettiest word to look at, the 'Au' bit looks like as though it's gaping.

Or maybe the 'unt' part is too grunty.

A gaping, grunting Aunt.

Good grief.

I prefer Auntie.

Same as Nannie.

Nanny to me is a goat.

I'm just weird.

Not sure which is considered to be "correct", but I always spell it as "Auntie."

PS

I am not a Nannie. Lots of years to go before that happens. (I hope).

Nannie??? It's Nanny!

What next, Daddie?

Daddie

Oooh, no, valium Daddy is OK.

squoosh's Daddie is not. It's got to be HP. According to DH.

I did say I was weird.

I am an auntie. Unfortunately DS has several auntys (now that really looks wrong.

I pronounce it anti because, well, there isn't an 'r' in it.

Daddie? Like the tomato ketchup?

Auntie, pronounced arnty.
I still refer to my Aunties and Uncles as Auntie and Uncle, but I think that's more so the dc know who they are, I don't call them Auntie/Uncle to their face.eg, I'd say to the Dcs, "we are going to see Auntie Pam and Uncle Henry today". Then when we get there, I'd say "hi Pam, hi Henry"

Also have a Nannie, she hates the spelling Nanny.

Actually, thinking about it, when refering to my.Aunties and Uncles with the dc, they are Great Auntie/Uncle. for this reason my cousin dc call our Auntie Grantie! My dad refused to be known as Gruncle though!

Pronounced Ahhhntee, surely? ARnty?!

I pronounce it anti.

You would squoosh

My vowels prefer to remain resolutely flat!

It's Arnt.

Daddy is good.

Daddie's sauce is wrong on so many levels.

It's spelt auntie afaik, but I've never heard it pronounced anti, other than as a regional accent.

Now kind of reminds me of the way some Americans say the name Tara as terror.

You've just reminded me of the way English people pronounce Tara, taw-raw.

Why would you say arnt? There's no 'r'???? You English, removing 'r's from words that have them and adding them to words that don't shudders at the thought of 'draw-ring'

I'm an auntie :) it looks weird the other way.

Why would you say ant? It's the 'u' that changes the sound.

Anti sounds very strange to me.