Tonight's uniquely spelled name

[demelza]

Alizibeth

Someone's child on my breastfeeding facebook group.  :?

[katb]

No. Nope. But why? ((Shudder)) children today are fu@#$##

[sangria]

I have a kherington at my daughters school.

[Champagne Supernova]

Whatthefuck?

[berbles]

[MrsAxilla]

That makes me sad. Elizabeth is such a beautiful name with so many lovely and legitimate variations. That chick can't possibly make an improvement.

[CheshireGrin]

Am I so desensitized that Alizibeth just doesn't seem that bad?

[lilac05]

Ugh...

I think the whole "she's going to have to spell her name all the time" argument isn't going to hold much water in this generation. EVERY child is going to have to spell his/her name all the time because you can no longer assume you know how to spell a name! Both of my boys have pretty common, familiar, easily spelled names (with no reasonable alternatives), yet I'm frequently asked how we spell it!

[thejen626]

Aug 20, 2014 23:30:02 GMT -5 lilac05 said:

Ugh...

I think the whole "she's going to have to spell her name all the time" argument isn't going to hold much water in this generation. EVERY child is going to have to spell his/her name all the time because you can no longer assume you know how to spell a name! Both of my boys have pretty common, familiar, easily spelled names (with no reasonable alternatives), yet I'm frequently asked how we spell it!

My daughters are Bianca and Juliana. People ask me frequently "how do you spell that" and I want so badly to reply "the way it's supposed to be spelled".

But, I'm listed as Jeniffer at one store I shop at. Are you kidding me? NO. That's not how anyone spells Jennifer.

[berbles]

Aug 21, 2014 0:18:55 GMT -5 thejen626 said:

Aug 20, 2014 23:30:02 GMT -5 lilac05 said:

Ugh...

I think the whole "she's going to have to spell her name all the time" argument isn't going to hold much water in this generation. EVERY child is going to have to spell his/her name all the time because you can no longer assume you know how to spell a name! Both of my boys have pretty common, familiar, easily spelled names (with no reasonable alternatives), yet I'm frequently asked how we spell it!

My daughters are Bianca and Juliana. People ask me frequently "how do you spell that" and I want so badly to reply "the way it's supposed to be spelled".

But, I'm listed as Jeniffer at one store I shop at. Are you kidding me? NO. That's not how anyone spells Jennifer.

My cousin wrote me a letter when we were kids and spelled my name Jesika. WHUT. 

[ginap]

Aug 21, 2014 0:23:05 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

I had a student last semester whose first name was "Miss".

One of the student helpers at C's daycare is legit named "Princess". The kids call her either Ms. Princess or Teacher Princess.

[Deleted]

Oh my. H and I had an argument about the name Elizabeth the other day. He claimed it was one of those 'weird' names with a ton of ways to spell it. I was all like 'no, no it isn't'.

I guess I was wrong.

[Deleted]

I HATE it when people spell a "normal" name differently. The person saddled with the name will always have to correct others in the spelling of it.

That reminds me of a story a maternity ward nurse told me. She said when people filled out the paperwork for their newborns she would comment on the names if they were spelled differently. Many times she said the people had NO CLUE how the name was spelled and just sounded it out. Lots of times they would change it when she told them that the common way was different than what they had put down on paper.

[ECB]

Aug 21, 2014 6:35:03 GMT -5 @kjewell said:

Oh my. H and I had an argument about the name Elizabeth the other day. He claimed it was one of those 'weird' names with a ton of ways to spell it. I was all like 'no, no it isn't'.

I guess I was wrong.

 No, no you're not wrong. 

[hippygirl]

Aug 21, 2014 2:22:56 GMT -5 ginap said:

Aug 21, 2014 0:23:05 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

I had a student last semester whose first name was "Miss".

One of the student helpers at C's daycare is legit named "Princess". The kids call her either Ms. Princess or Teacher Princess.

I had a student whose first name is Princess Jessica.

[orangeglow]

I didn't know there was another way to spell Melissa.  I have to spell my first name ALL the time.  People have typed in Millissa, Mellisa, Melisa, Mellysa (I blame that one on this stupid "y" trend), etc.

I thought it was a relatively common girl's name!  I had 3 other Melissa's in my graduating class!

[iamali]

I saw a pin the other day on Pinterest with those wooden letters those parents use in their nurserys - it was Ellyot.

I was like WHUT? I pinned it to my "WTF" board.

[ginap]

Aug 21, 2014 10:43:57 GMT -5 hippygirl said:

Aug 21, 2014 2:22:56 GMT -5 ginap said:

One of the student helpers at C's daycare is legit named "Princess". The kids call her either Ms. Princess or Teacher Princess.

I had a student whose first name is Princess Jessica.

Well at least she has a real name in there to fall back on.

[BaliHai]

That's a shame.

[ginap]

Aug 21, 2014 10:46:14 GMT -5 @smace said:

Aug 21, 2014 0:18:55 GMT -5 thejen626 said:

My daughters are Bianca and Juliana. People ask me frequently "how do you spell that" and I want so badly to reply "the way it's supposed to be spelled".

But, I'm listed as Jeniffer at one store I shop at. Are you kidding me? NO. That's not how anyone spells Jennifer.

at my starbucks, they cannot spell Allison. They spell it Alycin. every time. THAT'S NOT EVEN A NAME.

I get everything but Gina at Starbucks - Jeana, Geanea, etc. I had lunch at a pizza place called "Gina's Pizza" and when I got my receipt it read "Geena", lol wut.

[jlt19]

I just talked to a guy whose name is "Dilip". I guess his parents couldn't decide between Dillon and Phillip?

ETA: Nevermind, I'm an asshole. He's a journalist and I looked him up and based on his last name I'm thinking it's a cultural name.

[thejen626]

Aug 21, 2014 6:55:19 GMT -5 @susan3589 said:

I HATE it when people spell a "normal" name differently. The person saddled with the name will always have to correct others in the spelling of it.

That reminds me of a story a maternity ward nurse told me. She said when people filled out the paperwork for their newborns she would comment on the names if they were spelled differently. Many times she said the people had NO CLUE how the name was spelled and just sounded it out. Lots of times they would change it when she told them that the common way was different than what they had put down on paper.

Do you watch Teen Mom? There's a dad on there named Darl. It's pronounced Darrel. LOL!

[thejen626]

Aug 21, 2014 10:46:14 GMT -5 @smace said:

Aug 21, 2014 0:18:55 GMT -5 thejen626 said:

My daughters are Bianca and Juliana. People ask me frequently "how do you spell that" and I want so badly to reply "the way it's supposed to be spelled".

But, I'm listed as Jeniffer at one store I shop at. Are you kidding me? NO. That's not how anyone spells Jennifer.

at my starbucks, they cannot spell Allison. They spell it Alycin. every time. THAT'S NOT EVEN A NAME.

That sounds like a medication for an std

[Deleted]

People are so fucking stupid!

[moolarkey]

Aug 20, 2014 23:19:29 GMT -5 Champagne Supernova said:

Whatthefuck?

Now that is a weird name.