My sister-in-law,
Karen, has a sister named
Kathryn. I've heard
Karen mention several times how cute it is that
Kathryn's Italian-born fiance calls her
Katrina. I mentioned once to
Karen that I suspect he's calling her
Caterina yet she's pretty adamant that she hears
Gino say '
Katrina.'
My questions are: (1) how is
Caterina pronounced in Italian, and (2) could he possibly be calling her another form of
Caterina (perhaps
Catrina)?
TIA.
ETA that I had always assumed that
Caterina is pronounced cah-tah-REE-nah.
This message was edited 6/3/2008, 9:41 AM