what's in a name????

[captain]

Well, my name is Michelle - not hard!!!!

Not Michel, Michael or Michell.
My maiden name was Young ....... you have no idea how many times THAT got spelt wrong .......... especially living in a country that has Asian immigrants ..... Yung, Joung, Jan .....

I have friends who have done the "unique" spelling of their childrens names .... just makes it hard for me when I include their childs' name on the Christmas card ...... Mykahlya, ...? Bailey ...?

*sigh*

My grandparents take the cake tho. Their surname is Aust ...... and the amount of companies that add ..... ralia to it is hysterical.

[gini]

Originally posted by Randi
Can you imagine the fun I've had with my name - especially in England!!

I know it isn't nice to fill up the page with these smilies, but this one made me laugh out loud!

[gini]

Originally posted by Soledad


In about 10 years there is going to be a female population almost entirely named either:

Brianna

Just today I talked to who I thought was "Brianna" on the phone - but I was soon corrected as I needed to write her name down. She spells it "BREANNA". I will be doing business with her so I had better remember this

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by Soledad
How is it unique when everyone is doing it??

Not EVERYONE is doing it. People come up with their own spellings. It is unique.

[CathyBogart]

I like my name, Catherine Elaine. About the only question I ever have to answer is if my name's spelled with a C or a K, and I don't mind that.

[Soledad]

Well, it certainly seems like it's a big trend, which in my eyes, makes it far from unique. Give it about ten years, Kfamr, and you'll see it's not so unusual or amusing.

[Chinadoll]

Originally posted by micki76
Yep. And while on this subject, isn't it common knowlegdge that a feminine version of a name usually ends in an i? My name is MICKI not MICKEY. Kinda like Terri and Terry, or Randi and Randy, Danni and Danny. If I'm right there in front of you, you can see that I'm female, do not spell my name Mickey.

BTW - I am not a mouse and I'm not that fine either, and that stuff stopped being funny about 30 years ago for me.

LOL... That is one of my favorite 80s songs. Of course, she is referring to a guy in the song and yep, it's spelled traditionally, Mickey with a y for a male not with an i like for a female. Now I have that song stuck in my head.

[Vio&Juni]

In my language you pronounce as you write and you write as you pronounce. So, when I say my name is Viorica, noone can understand it wrong, except for the foreigners, then I say it's Vio.
Actually, we have a dictionary with names and you cannot write it differently in the documents than in the dictionary.

I dated ONCE (only) a Romanian guy whose name was Floricel (they don't have the same rules as Moldova re names) - kind of diminutive from Florin, but actually it means something like Itty Bitty Flower (no offence, Itty Bitty Kitty ) . Actually, I thought his name was Florin, then I saw his driving licence. BUT, Floricel sounds SOOOOOOOOOO silly that I could not watch him, I was so embarassed for him!!! I think his mom, when she named him - a 2 days old boy, forgot that his "pee-nuts" will grow and he'll be a man one day.

I agree with Soledad - one day this will sound SOOOOOOO stupid and cheap!

[Denyce]

*L* Well what can I say. My name was Denise on my birth certificate. In 1976 as I was growing up in Encinitas California I decided I had to be different and I changed the spelling of my name to as you see it now. It does make buying those pre printed mugs and keychains a tad difficult but I still have always liked the spelling better.

I went my whole adult life up to the age of 39 with my name spelled with way. I never had it done by the courts. I never had a problem..all my paychecks, tax records etc were all spelled Denyce. Even my BS degree from Penn State is spelled this way. So imagine my consternation when I go to Social Security to change my last name from my maiden name to my new married name. They told me I had to go to court to change the spelling of my first name. That I was going to be in BIG trouble if I didn't do this. The IRS is going to catch up with me . Like what were they going to do. I had been paying taxes with my SS number and using this spelling for all these years. But I go to court...go through the silly little hoops they make you go through only to have the Judge tell me that he doesnt' understand why I am there...I can spell my name any way I want too!!! But he signed the paperwork anyway and SS was finally as happy as they could be

And my cats name is Brianna. I like good Irish names.

[Chinadoll]

Originally posted by Vio&Juni
I agree with Soledad - one day this will sound SOOOOOOO stupid and cheap!

Speaking of stupid and cheap, it seems as if whenever a character on TV or in the movies is named Tiffany, they're either the bimbo, hooker, homewrecker, or snob. *sigh* I just love my name. lol

[robinh]

I'm very particular on people spelling my name correctly. My name is spelled "R O B I N" - yes, I know that's the male spelling. But I didn't name me and spell it that way - my mother did - blame her. I've finally grown to like my name, but it took forever to get there. My sisters are named very normal names, Barbara, Judith & Debra.

I've also spent most of life spelling my name the right way for people. And my last names "maiden & married" are both so different, they are not worth going into.

One good thing since it is the male spelling, when someone calls for "Mr. Robin ____" we know they are strangers and can get rid of them.

Oh and the "Robin Hood", "Batman & Robin" and "Robin Red Breast" jokes got old a long time ago too.

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by Soledad
Well, it certainly seems like it's a big trend, which in my eyes, makes it far from unique. Give it about ten years, Kfamr, and you'll see it's not so unusual or amusing.

Lmao.. Whatever you say.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Vio&Juni

I think his mom, when she named him - a 2 days old boy, forgot that his "pee-nuts" will grow and he'll be a man one day.

"pee-nuts"????


lolololol
now THAT's a creative way to spell!!
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the desire to be different makes everyone the same!

i was pulling off the freeway when a Ford F-150 truck came up behind me. the truck had "different"
accessories on the front. i dropped off my nephew at his job and went to get on the freeway again.

when I looked in the mirror I saw another F-150
pick up with EXACTLY the same changes made to the front.....i checked the car again, to make sure that it wasn't the same one I had seen a few minutes earlier...NO, just two different owners with the same ideas on how to make their trucks unique...

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lol,
people cannot discern that sometimes being 'different' makes them just the same as all the other folks that look for the same thing.

can you say, automaton?

[PJ's Mom]

Originally posted by captain
Well, my name is Michelle - not hard!!!!

Not hard unless you spell it with one "l" like mine...Michele. Throws people every time.

I named all my kids very common names with very common spellings:

Monica
Tanya
John
Christina

Nobody has trouble with those names.

[lbaker]

I've always liked my name - Laurie, but it makes me crazy(er) when people spell it Lori or pronounce it Lorry, like a British bus or something. It's Laurie... pronounced like Laura with an ie on the end. Why is that so difficult