Which do you say/where were you raised?

[mandolinjen]

Do you say "kitty-corner," "catty-corner," or "cater-corner" (or -cornered for any of those) to mean on the diagonal?

I'll post more by way of explanation when I see what people say.

Comments

[ambersknave]

I say catty-corner. As in, "When I was in first grade, we used to live catty-corner from the local swimming pool."

Of course, now our kids attend Catasauqua Area schools, and in Catasauqua (nick-named "Catty") there's a corner bar called... "The Catty Corner".

[ambersknave]

Oops, sorry... Bethlehem, PA

[jvankirk]

Kitty-Corner - Pennsylvania and Michigan raised.

[matociquala]

a kittycorner New Englander.

[immlass]

catty-corner.

Native Texan on both sides, both parents raised in East Texas (so southern, not southwestern)

[lintra]

kitty-corner, raised in MI, but my parents from KY never heard of such a thing until I started saying it. You know, in the mountains, there's a road, and houses on either side, but never behind, so you were 'across the way' or 'around the bend' or 'up the road' but I never heard anyone there say any-corner.