Pronouncing Katherine

[YogiYogiBear]

How would you pronounce Katherine?
Kath-ur-rine or Kath-rinn

I prefer the pronunciation Kath-rinn but not sure if the Katherine spelling is right for that.

Kath rin - spelt Kathryn around here

not kath u rine that sounds like urine!

I say Kath-rin with either spelling, not sure if that’s just my accent though

I say them both as cath-rin

Kath- ther - rin (three syllables)
or Kath - er - rin

Kathryn - Kath - Rin (two syllables, not three)

I pronounce Katherine as Kathrun or kath -u- run. I would pronounce Kathryn as Kath-rin

However it’s spelled - Catherine, Kathryn, Katherine - I pronounce them all the same.

Kath-rin.

Cath rinn, for any variant spelling for me.

me too

Kath-rhun

Never known anyone say Kath Ur rine.

Kath rin regardless of spelling

I’m a Catherine pronounced cath rinn. Although it’s fairly moot pronunciation given that everyone just calls me cath 😆 (which i hate!)

I'm a Katherine, pronounced Kath-rin. Whenever I heard Kath Ur rin (3 syllables) I knew I was in trouble!

Kath-er-in.

I would assume if the parents/owner of the name wanted it to be pronounced Kathrin or Kathryn, they would spell it that way.

I pronounce Katherine as Kathrun or kath -u- run.

Why pronounce it -un when it's spelled -ine?

Kath er in.

Usually as two syllables but sometimes as three, eg when enunciating clearly if someone needs to write it down or check a list.

The most important thing is to spell it with a kick-arse K and not a soppy C.

Agreed they're all the same, although I think I tend to put a very short -uh- in the middle.

This is a question of accent, so you can't really dictate it or steer it with spelling. If you pick such a (lovely) well established name people will pronounce it the way they have always pronounced it, especially when the difference is so subtle. It's not like Naomi or Helena that have established different pronunciations.

I come from a town in the north west and we say Kath-ryn, except we have a Katherine St, and all the locals pronounce it Kath-rine, no idea why.

Cath-rin

Kate

Kath-rinn

Depends on the day of the week. I probably is both. I don't care. It's all the same name and the difference is so small and everyone will get It wrong constantly.

If you are going to be precious about pronouncing it right and go around correcting everyone you'll quickly piss people off.

If getting the correct pronunciation is that important to you, this is not the right name for you.

Cath-rin

Cath-ther-in

(Scottish roots partly kicking in with my pronunciation above, also come accross Scottish folks adding a German twang with Cath-ther-rhine )

Cath-ur-rinn is lovely.

Cath-ryn is not lovely at all. I hate when it's prnounced that way.

If you want to be sure of the Kath-rin pronounciation, spell it Kathryn.