catercorner

[Drew Danielson]

I've heard /kae:t at k)rn at r/ or something like that, but definitely r-less
in the second syllable.  Also /kItik)rn at r/, but never /keit at r.../ or
/kaeti.../ or /keiti.../.

Perhaps the 'catercorner' spelling is British or Bostonian??
Catteh-corner is possibly the more frequent pronunciation of the two I
recall having heard.


Dave Wilton wrote:
>
> > 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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