poll: how do you pronounce Kirsten

[Felicity_Fan85]

I'm a little bored and have been meaning to post this. I thought it would be interesting to see how everyone pronounces Kirsten. The options are...

A) Keirsten- eir like weird

B) Kursten- ur like fur

C) other

I say it like B normally, but sometimes I say it like A.

[Katie148]

I pronounce it like choice B. I have no idea if it's correct, but even if it isn't I could never change it. She's been "Kur-sten" for nearly seventeen years now!

[MOM to JILLIAN]

Choice A for me. Interesting question.

[jennifermarym]

I actually asked a customer service rep this question and she said it was A. Keirsten

[MaryCarly]

I say it somewhere in between your two choices. We knew a real little girl with this name and we pronounce the name the way she did. The closest sound might be like the "ir" in birth; a little higher and shorter than the "ur" sound in fur, but not as high as the i sound in weird.

[Kenshinchan]

Since I found out it's supposed to be "A", that's how I've been trying to pronounce it. But through my childhood it was always "B", so sometimes I have a hard time getting it right. [img]redface.gif[/img]

[joelanddeborah]

I would say A, because I've heard Scandinavian people say it like that.

[robin0850]

I've never heard it any other way than choice B, and I'll probably keep right on saying it that way--I'm getting old and stubborn. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[wicksasc]

I have always pronounced it like choice A.

[Melissa*Olivia]

We pronounce it like A ("Keirsten"). If I slip up and say it like B ("Kursten"), DD11 quickly corrects me -- the B pronunciation drives her crazy for some reason.