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Do you pronounce it KAH-ter-ee, ka-TARE-ee, or another form?
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I've always heard it ka-TARE-ee.
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ka-TEAR-ee...at least that's how a girl I went to high school pronouned her name.
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I've always pronounced it the way Angie MC does.
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I've always heard it Noreen's way.
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I've heard it both ways. Someone (can't remember who, now) told me "KAH-ter-ee" was the correct way, but I have no idea how you'd verify that.
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There is a young girl in our homeschool group who pronounces it Angie Mc's way...ka-TEAR-ee
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Everyone I know with the name pronoucnes it this way.
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This is our dd's name. We were told by our Bishop that the actual pronunciation in Mohawk is GAH-del-ee!!!
We heard Holy Father Pope JP II pronounce it Ka-TEAR-ee (kinda like 'Katiri'), and that is how we say it for the most part. I think both Ka-TEAR-ee and Ka-TARE-ee are close enough (when you say them both quickly)that they are interchangeable.
Just please don't say CAT-er-ee! 
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We call our dd Kateri as in Cat-er-ee.  My dh feels it is closest to the Mohawk pronunciation of Gah-de-lee and also to Katherine, of which it is a form.
We only call her Ka-tear-ee when she's sad. 
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Thanks, Ladies!
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we had learned that it was along the lines of "gah de lee" also, and so Cat-er-ee was the closest. Kateri that way is very close then to Caterina, or Catherine.
sigh, we have the problem with our Maria Gianna, one of the reasons we did not name her Gianna Marie!!
It is really John-a, because it is a feminized of Giovanni or Gianni, (both male for John) just with an "a" at the end to feminize it.
the pronunciation of Gian is "john"
everyone says "GEE- Ahna" though, which drives us nuts!!! 
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I've taught several students who all used different pronounciations... but all spelled the same.
1. CAT-tree
2. Kuh- TAIR- ree
3. Kuh-TEER-ree
And one of the rooms at college was called
KATE -tuh-ree
So I never know how to pronounce it.
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I favor the KAH-ter-ee pronunciation, which is the one which seems to most closely match the "original" pronunciation. I knew there were other ways, but just wanted to verify that this was a legit choice.
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LisaR wrote:
sigh, we have the problem with our Maria Gianna, one of the reasons we did not name her Gianna Marie!!
It is really John-a, because it is a feminized of Giovanni or Gianni, (both male for John) just with an "a" at the end to feminize it.
the pronunciation of Gian is "john"
everyone says "GEE- Ahna" though, which drives us nuts!!! |
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We did this with both of our daughters! We have a Jacinta and a Gianna, and we "Americanized" the pronunciation of both of them, just so they wouldn't be constantly mispronounced. We say Ja-SIN-ta and Gee-AH-na instead of Ha-seen-ta and John-a. Jacinta's middle name is Therese though, and we pronounce it ter-EHZ, the French way not ter-EES, the American way. So whatever!
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Teakafrog wrote:
[QUOTE=LisaR]
sigh, we have the problem with our Maria Gianna, one of the reasons we did not name her Gianna Marie!!
It is really John-a, because it is a feminized of Giovanni or Gianni, (both male for John) just with an "a" at the end to feminize it.
the pronunciation of Gian is "john"
everyone says "GEE- Ahna" though, which drives us nuts!!! |
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Thanks for the information on the pronunciation of Gianna. We have a little Gianna and always pronounced it "GEE-Ahna". Little did we know that we were pronouncing it "wrong". Although what is quite funny is that we sometimes call her "John-a", because my 3 year old has a hard time saying "GEE-Ahna"! I think "Gee-Ahna" is her name for good as she's already almost 2! 
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