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Kateri
(kuh-TEAR-ee) WDYT and do you prefer this or Kinborough?
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Interesting. Definitely miles better than Kinborough.
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Interesting. Definitely miles better than Kinborough.
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Kateri.its my best friends confirmation name (:
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Love Kateri. But you're pronunciation is off. I did some research on this about a year ago. I found a site dedicated to Kateri Tekawitha (sp?). It said the correct pronunciaiton is "KAH-ter-ee." This makes sense to me when you consider native Americans trying to pronounce Katherine, which would come out closer to "KAH-ter-in" or "KAH-ter-een." I know a linguist with a local native tribe here on the Pacific Northwest. Ms Tekawitha was from the east coast, so I can't say this is how she would say Katherine. But it's a pretty good educated guess. The "KAH-ter-ee" pronunciation I got off that site, so that's definite.I don't care for Kinborough, sorry. I much prefer Cyneburga.

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It's nice, and I like the history behind it. It's probably about a billion times better than Kinborough.
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Eh, I'm not sure what I think of it. It looks likethe emphasis whould be in the first syllable. I think I prefer Kinborough
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