Ouen's Catherine

David DiGiacomo · 14 Oct 2006, 16:23 · from 2006-October.txt.gz

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From: david at slack.com (David DiGiacomo)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:23:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Ouen's Catherine
Message-ID: <10610141623.AA03567 at slack.com>

>Only after being questioned did Ouen say that her name had been Catherine.
>Can you hear the difference in spelling between the spoken "Catherine" and
>"Katharine"? I can't, and I don't think Severian could either.

What language are they speaking?

I always thought of it as future Spanish, in which case there might be
more of a difference between, say, Caterina and Katarina (the latter being
a foreign name).

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