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This confuses me too. If Catriona is pronounced ca-TREE-na, then why isn't Fiona pronounced FEE-na? I have been to websites where some say the stress should be on the first syllable. Then again, my dh is a big fan of Fiona Ritchie, host of NPR's "Thistle and Shamrock" program. Fiona is a native of Scotland and I've heard the woman enough to know she distinctly pronounces her name fee-O-na (three syllables). Does anyone know if the name is pronounced more than one way in Scotland?

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Re: Catriona, I had someone from Edinburgh, Scotland, tell me once that the o is pronounced but it's so subtle it can't even be considered a full syllable. More confusion. ;-)

This message was edited 9/11/2006, 9:57 AM