How to pronounce Katahdin

[LSanford]

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

[TJ aka Teej]

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

[The Old Fhart]

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.

[jurahd]

Thoreau spelt it the way its pronounced kataadn

[Lone Wolf]

Thoreau spelt it the way its pronounced kataadn

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

[Appalachian Tater]

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.

[Roland]

The onliine Webster dictionary provides audio pronunciations.

Click the red speaker icon.

[rickb]

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

Ghandi liked them.

Weary, too.

[woodsy]

KA-ta-din , like TOF said.

The natives called the mountain Pamola

[Roland]

KA-ta-din , like TOF said.

The natives called the mountain Pamola

Actually, the accent is on the second syllable.

[woodsy]

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

[SGT Rock]

I pronounce it Katahdin.

[woodsy]

I pronounce it Katahdin.

Excellent! Can we get the audio on that?

[SGT Rock]

You ready?

Push record...









"Katahdin"

There you go.

[Skyline]

Ka-TAH-den.

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

[woodsy]

You ready?

Push record...









"Katahdin"

There you go.

It came through sounding like Karrr-tarrr-doon

[budforester]

The onliine Webster dictionary provides audio pronunciations.

Click the red speaker icon.

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

[SGT Rock]

It came through sounding like Karrr-tarrr-doon

I'm fighting a cold.

[katagious]

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.....

[rafe]

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

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.