Spellings

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

On my list of favorite names, there are a number of names that are commonly spelled many different ways. I have favorite spellings for most of them, but then I thought, "What about other people?". And BOOM! Charity came up with another way to spam people with polls. ;)

[Poll #586178]

Comments

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

Kat-leen/Kot-leen as Gaeilge.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

hmm. why is it always pronounced kate-lynn then? ;) behindthename.com classifies them as two different ones: http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=caitlin&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or *shrug*

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

My views as to why it is mispronounced so frequently would, I suspect, offend.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

is it possible they're just 2 different names?

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

Uh, no.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

I went to school with a Caitlin, and she pronounced it "kate-lyn", as have everyone else I've met with the name.

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

And whereabouts in Ireland *was* that?

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

There's no reason to get snarky, especially to the mod. It just so happens anyone I know with that spelling pronounces it like that. And for your information, I live in South Carolina, where most people are so far from anything Irish it's silly. Most people in New England did the same.

[ladyjp.livejournal.com]

I'm Scottish and I know an Irish girl called Caitlin who pronounces it Kate-Lyn!

[solyma.livejournal.com]

i think it's possible. i don't know. it's not a big deal to me, though. this is interesting: http://www.livejournal.com/community/baby_names/180894.html?thread=2184094#t2184094