catercorner

Dave Wilton dave at WILTON.NET
Wed Jul 24 16:56:34 UTC 2002


> I'm beginning to think that no one has ever heard anyone actually say
> "cater-corner," since no one has ventured to give a
> pronunciation for it!

I use it, rhyming it with "latter."

But this is an adult usage that started when I learned the etymology of the
word. Growing up in NJ, it was either "kittycorner" or "cattycorner,"
depending on whom you spoke to.



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