How do you pronounce “Cato”?

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Your preferred pronounciation of “Cato”

  • “Kay-Toe”

    Votes: 48 94.1%
  • “Cat-Oh”

    Votes: 2 3.9%
  • Other

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • Total voters
    51
reminds me of going to a restaurant, and leaving your name for the next avialble table:

"Hi, table for 4 please.."
"Sure, it'll be about a 15 minute wait. Your name?
"Sure, OK, yes, my name is 'Slartibartfarst'.."
"Uhm, excuse me?"
"Slartibartfarst.." (Cheezy grin)
"How do you spell that?..."
"P - A - U - L.."

:D
 
Considering the origin of the word, that it was short for "catastrophe," like we say "combo" for "combination," CATT-oh was probably the original pronunciation. But practically everyone I hear use the word in rocketry says KAY-toe. So I go with the flow.

 
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