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ArchivesThe correct pronunication of Caitria...
I'd like the Irish pronunciation, so if you really have no clue or background in etymology, don't respond.
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It would be hard to come up with an "proper" Irish pronunciation because it doesn't look like an Irish name to me...it's looks made up - something like Katelyn.
I have never come across it anywhere in Ireland either . However ,more than that it LOOKS wrong.It looks like two names stuck together....as far as I know you just wouldn't get "ria" at the end of an Irish word or name.
I would say it KA-tree-ya but then I have a flat East coast(of Ireland) accent.
Obviously Cait is pro "Koyt" or "Koytch" but so you could say "Kot-REE-ya".
Hope this helps.
I have never come across it anywhere in Ireland either . However ,more than that it LOOKS wrong.It looks like two names stuck together....as far as I know you just wouldn't get "ria" at the end of an Irish word or name.
I would say it KA-tree-ya but then I have a flat East coast(of Ireland) accent.
Obviously Cait is pro "Koyt" or "Koytch" but so you could say "Kot-REE-ya".
Hope this helps.
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Granuaile has a point... Caitria does look like a made-up name (it definately isn't a traditional name). But the pronunciation I gave you is based on standard Irish Gaelic pronunciation for names and that doesn't necessarily include regional pronunciations. To complicate matters, the rules on how to pronounce Gaelic names sometimes break the pronunciation rules that one would apply to other words.
"C" is always a hard "k" sound.
"ai" is usually pronounced "I", but in proper names is pronounced "ay" (as in the word "day")
"i" is pronounced "ee" or "ih" (except for the pronoun "I")
"a" is usually pronounced "ah" (as in the word "pot")
I've never heard anyone from Ireland pronounce "ai" as an "oy" as G. suggested... that sounds like a Slavic pronunciation, but it could be a regional variation. The suggested stress on the "ee" sound in the middle seems better than the original stresses I used. So... Cay-TREE-ah might be a more general pronunciation. Unless you plan to visit the East coast. :)
"C" is always a hard "k" sound.
"ai" is usually pronounced "I", but in proper names is pronounced "ay" (as in the word "day")
"i" is pronounced "ee" or "ih" (except for the pronoun "I")
"a" is usually pronounced "ah" (as in the word "pot")
I've never heard anyone from Ireland pronounce "ai" as an "oy" as G. suggested... that sounds like a Slavic pronunciation, but it could be a regional variation. The suggested stress on the "ee" sound in the middle seems better than the original stresses I used. So... Cay-TREE-ah might be a more general pronunciation. Unless you plan to visit the East coast. :)
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Really?
I hadn't heard it either, but BTN is normally right. Hmm... thank you.
Liza
I hadn't heard it either, but BTN is normally right. Hmm... thank you.
Liza
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