Kate- trum

[Robert O. Urfer]

 

It is Kate- Trum. I have been to the factory and to the dealership in England and that is how they pronounce it. I said cat er ham the first time I met the guy and he laughed at me but then corrected me. I was glad to be corrected by the guy who runs the factory.:cheers:

[Robert O. Urfer]

sorry i meant for this to be in the specialty plate topic. I hit new topic by accident.:jester:

[Boxologist]

the english are an assault to their own language. the welsh are even worse.:_deadhorse:

 

i'll give them the hard A, but there's 3 sylables in that word!:jester:

[stevet]

Depends where you're from in England (or Wales, Scotland etc.). I'm a Northern boy, so it's more like Kate er um.

 

Still, anything is better than Cat er Ham :ack:

[R1 Seven]

Who is Kate?

[Kitcat]

The bad thing about pronouncing it correctly is now even Lotus fans give me a blank look when I say I bought a used kate-trum. I have to mispronounce it as cat-ter-ham before they know what I am talking about. I have started just calling it a Lotus 7. I guess I shudda got a Birkin:)).

[solder_guy]

I don't even mention Rotus .. which noone has heard of .. It's a Lotus 7 clone.

 

Rob

 

[roll a 7]

So, I guess that it is now official, the name has two "T"s.

 

I will admit to having heard many a Brit pronounce it that way.

[BusaLoco]

It's really quite simple, isn't it?. It's:

Kate (as in Kiss me Kate)

Awe (as in awesome)

Rum (as in Rum...a potable beverage/spirit indigenous to the West Indies.

KATE-AWE-RUM. :ack: :ack: :jester:

[Boxologist]

i use Steve pronounciation. long A, short e, the last sylable almost has no vowel.

[Kitcat]

Busa: You are 2/3's of the way there:

 

1] Kate

2]

3]Trum

 

No "awe", so its 2 syllables, not three