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Re: The correct pron. of Catriona
by Éowyn (guest)
6/1/2004, 5:24 PM
in reply to a message by Haven
hmmm... Well, since it looks like a Russian name to me, and with my limited Russian knowledge (tho more natural in that than anything - being Bulgarian and Russian myself), I would say kah-TREE-oh-nuh, with the r rolled. Sounds like how my grandma would say it, anyhow.
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- Haven (guest)   +6
6/2/2004, 9:14 AM
Its Irish.Haven
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- Éowyn (guest)   +5
6/2/2004, 5:31 PM
Oh, I'm sorry. Katriona is Russian.
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- Haven (guest)   +4
6/3/2004, 12:14 PM
I don't think so. Katriona/Catriona are Gaelic names.Katarina and Katya *may* be Russian, but Katriona is not.Haven
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- Éowyn (guest)   +3
6/3/2004, 5:45 PM
hmmmm... Well it certainly looks and sounds Russian to me. It reminds me a lot of the word matryoska, is that why? I know Katarina is, my great-grandmother was named that.
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- Domhnall (guest)   +2
6/3/2004, 8:00 PM
It is the bespoke 'io' in the middle of the name that marks "Catriona/Katriona" as a Gaelic derivative.But the primary Gaelic forms are "Caitrìona" in Scottish and "Caitríona" in Irish. The first 'i' and the accent are integral.
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- Caitriona (guest)   +1
6/10/2004, 12:07 PM
Certainly is a gaelic name.... named after several generations of irish anscestors....That is not saying that it is not a russian name too... but I would assume a russian version would be Katariana rather than the gaelic Caitriona/Katriona....It is simply just the gaelic for Catherine... (although my Opa calles me KAYJA.... )
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- Domhnall (guest)
6/12/2004, 1:38 AM
Though you mustn't mix Irish-Gaelic and Hiberno-English.Katriona cannot be called Gaelic because of spelling rules: vowel agreement and no 'k.'
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