I plan on thru-hiking someday and have wondered for a while how to pronounce Katahdin? I have never heard anyone actually say it. Is it like (cat-A-dean) or ( cot-ah-den)? Thanks

I plan on thru-hiking someday and have wondered for a while how to pronounce Katahdin? I have never heard anyone actually say it. Is it like (cat-A-dean) or ( cot-ah-den)? Thanks

Kah tahh d'n

Try Ka (like car with a new england accent), tah (like tar in tardy), din, that's close. Don't worry, there are plenty of spots along the way we've all pronounced wrong the first time.:o

Thoreau spelt it the way its pronounced kataadn

Thoreau spelt it the way its pronounced kataadn

henry david pussed out. he was a scam anyway. his book(s) suck

henry david pussed out. he was a scam anyway. his book(s) suck

L. Wolf, I am aggravated with Thoreau as well, extremely disappointed that "Walden" didn't happen as it as written, a true "journal" of events, but was a fictionalization and condensation of his experiences over several years.

If someone reads this and didn't know it before, I'm sorry to be the one to break the news.

The onliine Webster (http://www.webster.com/dictionary/katahdin) dictionary provides audio pronunciations.

Click the red speaker icon.
(http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:popWin%28%27/cgi-bin/audio.pl?ggkata01.wav=Katahdin,+Mount%27%29)

henry david pussed out. he was a scam anyway. his book(s) suck

Ghandi liked them.

Weary, too.

KA-ta-din , like TOF said.

The natives called the mountain Pamola

KA-ta-din , like TOF said.

The natives called the mountain Pamola

Actually, the accent is on the second syllable.

Actually, the accent is on the second syllable.

Not where i'm from:)

I'd like to hear how someone from the south pronounces it:D

I pronounce it Katahdin.

I pronounce it Katahdin.

Excellent! Can we get the audio on that?:D

You ready?

Push record...









"Katahdin"

There you go.

Ka-TAH-den.

And it's Apple-LATCH-un. not Apple-LAY-chee-ann.

:banana

You ready?

Push record...









"Katahdin"

There you go.

It came through sounding like Karrr-tarrr-doon:D

The onliine Webster (http://www.webster.com/dictionary/katahdin) dictionary provides audio pronunciations.

Click the red speaker icon.
(http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:popWin%28%27/cgi-bin/audio.pl?ggkata01.wav=Katahdin,+Mount%27%29)
I LIKE that; had to bookmark it. Thanks for the link, Roland.

It came through sounding like Karrr-tarrr-doon:D
I'm fighting a cold.

Not where i'm from:)


and I bet your southern friends spend lots of time trying to find that town called 'gusta your always going on about.....:D ;) :banana

and I bet your southern friends spend lots of time trying to find that town called 'gusta your always going on about.....:D ;) :banana


Thank you. I've been sitting here scratching my head trying to figure out how Woodsy would pronounce it... and getting nowhere until this post. D'oh.

Not where i'm from:)

I'd like to hear how someone from the south pronounces it:D
I called my friend Karl Childers over at the nervous hospital in Arkansas.

"There were these two fellers climbin up dis mountain, both of 'em had a big ol' load of warsh on their backs. When they gots to the top they both gots to go to the bafroom. One of 'em says the mountain's a cold; the other says the mountain's high. I belive one of them fellers was from Arkansas - he called it Kat-A-din.

Geetit?"

I LIKE that; had to bookmark it. Thanks for the link, Roland.

same

mercy buckets.

L. Wolf, I am aggravated with Thoreau as well, extremely disappointed that "Walden" didn't happen as it as written, a true "journal" of events, but was a fictionalization and condensation of his experiences over several years.

If someone reads this and didn't know it before, I'm sorry to be the one to break the news.

But Thoreau never said any of his writings were "true and actual" events. The fact that he spent much of his time revising and published many revisions should have been a clue that maybe things weren't as written.

But Thoreau never said any of his writings were "true and actual" events. The fact that he spent much of his time revising and published many revisions should have been a clue that maybe things weren't as written.
(Guess I need to renew to get the edit button back)
Look at online hiker's journals for example. If they were to be published in a book, most would lose much of their content. No one wants to read "I hiked up the mountain. I hiked down the mountain" over and over again.

And on the subject- I have always heard it pronounced K'-TOD-in.

Ka-TAH-den.

And it's Apple-LATCH-un. not Apple-LAY-chee-ann.

:banana

Being originally from Appalachia, I still have to sit and think it over in my mind how to properly pronounce that word.

Apple at ya.

The onliine Webster (http://www.webster.com/dictionary/katahdin) dictionary provides audio pronunciations.

Click the red speaker icon.
(http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:popWin%28%27/cgi-bin/audio.pl?ggkata01.wav=Katahdin,+Mount%27%29)


You know if you have two computers (like I do) you can look up the word "hello" and "stud". Open the audio pronunciation of one on each computer, and hit play again one after another. If you close your eyes it sounds like a pretty woman in the room with you saying "Hello stud." Thanks for the link.

I felt really old after reading that.