Message: "French sisters" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] French sisters

by Miss Claire

1/29/2005, 5:23 PM

I met two sisters yesterday. They were 3 and 2. The mother told me their names were Lady (lah-dee, the French pron. lol) and Catie (cah-tee). WDYT?
Personally Catie is nice but too nn-y, and Lady would be trashy if it wasn't so unusual...

#French

This message was edited 1/29/2005, 5:24 PM

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- alice (alice17)

1/30/2005, 5:00 AM

I like Catherine nn Cate but I know too many Lady dogs :)

They go well I think though

alice x

- edk (guest)

1/29/2005, 9:10 PM

nms

- shantastic

1/29/2005, 7:53 PM

Catie is cute as a nn for Catherine, French or English. I think Lady sounds silly on a person... we do have Guy, but that name isn't actually based on the word. I think I read about a person named Ladybird, once.

Shannon

- hennig +1

1/29/2005, 7:36 PM

Lady is my dog's name. Therfor, I have a good association. I like Catie, but those pronunciations are just weird.

- Chrisell

1/29/2005, 7:39 PM

"those pronunciations are just weird"

Of course they sound weird to you - they're French! Miss Claire lives in France.

- Miranda (Randee15) +1

1/29/2005, 6:03 PM

I don't like Lady (reminds me of The Lady and the Tramp and Laddie the Lassie parody on The Simpsons), but Catie is nice.

Is Catie a standard nn for Catherine in France?

Miranda

- Miss Claire

1/29/2005, 6:05 PM

Cathy became more common after WW2 but the form Catie was the typical French one. My dad (born in 1931) only knows this one and always spells Cathy as Catie lol

- cait

1/29/2005, 5:53 PM

Lady would definitely be sort of trashy in English, but pronounced lah-dee I sort of like it. Catie is nice nn for Catherine or Catarina, and I prefer kah-tee to kay-tee. However, I prefer KATH-rin to kah-TRINE.

Catarina I like with the French pronunciation only. If it's pronounced the English way, kat-er-ee-na I prefer the spelling Katerina.

Okay, that was off topic!

Lady and Catie are okay as a sibset, but you're right: they're too nny.

~ Cait

- Madrigal

1/29/2005, 5:48 PM

That pronounciation of Lady sounds too much like 'laddy' to me, and I don't like Catie for the same reason as you.

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