How do you pronounce this?

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

My friend pronounces the name of the Settlers of Catan differently than I do, so I just wondered which was more common. Thanks.

[TXBeth]

I voted other. Most people I know say cuh-TAN, but I usually say cuh-TAHN (rhymes with gone).

[Mergath]

I've never played it, but in my head I always say cuh-TAN.

[TheReader]

I say cuh-TAN, my dad pronounces it cuh-TAHN (like gone). I'm not sure which is right.

[Cosmos]

I voted other. Most people I know say cuh-TAN, but I usually say cuh-TAHN (rhymes with gone).

 

 

Oh, whoops. I misvoted then. I voted cuh-TAN but I actually say cuh-TAHN. I have heard people say cuh-TAN now that I think about it, but it sounds wrong to me. I have never heard CAY-ten.

[~*Beatrix*~]

I have heard cuh-tahn and cuh-tan, emphasis on the last syllable.

[besroma]

I say cuh-TAHN, but I have always wondered about the correct pronunciation.

[Twigs]

I voted other. Most people I know say cuh-TAN, but I usually say cuh-TAHN (rhymes with gone).

 

 

:iagree:

[TravelingChris]

I voted cuh-TAn but it is really cuh-Tahn.

[Mrs Mungo]

I voted other. Most people I know say cuh-TAN, but I usually say cuh-TAHN (rhymes with gone).

 

 

I agree. [eta: except, most people I know say cuh-tahn because they learned to play from me, lol]

 

Listen to them say it in this video:

[Joules]

I usually say cuh-TAHN (rhymes with gone).

 

:iagree:

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

I agree.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3WJTlDa7oo

 

Man, Will Wheaton is such a nerd! :rofl: Thanks for clearing that up. I say cuh-TAN, but my friend says CAY-ten. We have craft stores around here called Pat Catan's (pronounced cuh-TANS), so that's why I say it that way.

[Ellie]

I voted other. Most people I know say cuh-TAN, but I usually say cuh-TAHN (rhymes with gone).

This.

[BigMamaBird]

We have our friends over to play "Settlers" and avoid the issue altogether!

[Georgiana Daniels]

Catan rhymes with satan. LOL!

 

Definitely heard it with the emphasis on second syllable.

[Liz CA]

Oh, whoops. I misvoted then. I voted cuh-TAN but I actually say cuh-TAHN. I have heard people say cuh-TAN now that I think about it, but it sounds wrong to me. I have never heard CAY-ten.

 

Same here. If cuh-TAN ends with tan as in suntan, I should have voted other as in cuh-TAHN.