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In the book I'm currently reading the author revealed that her daughter's name is Tarpley.
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Yoshi Jjang posted:Not all newly made up alternate spellings of names are inherently horrible, are they? If you're using an alternate spelling to assist in pronunciation of an often mispronounced name, then no, I don't think so. But if your alternate spelling is going to make your kid's life more difficult, then yes.
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May 26, 2016 01:28
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Istari posted:If you're using an alternate spelling to assist in pronunciation of an often mispronounced name, then no, I don't think so. But if your alternate spelling is going to make your kid's life more difficult, then yes. I've encountered multiple Korean dudes named Seung working in customer service roles. All had name tags that said "Sung" to keep people from calling them See-ung. It's amazing how bad people can be with pronunciation.
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May 26, 2016 02:27
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Istari posted:If you're using an alternate spelling to assist in pronunciation of an often mispronounced name, then no, I don't think so. But if your alternate spelling is going to make your kid's life more difficult, then yes. Being fair, this happens with names that are all in common use as well, like mine. I've had people spell my name Brandon, Brayden, Braedin, Bradin, Braydon, etc. When my name (Brendan), is fairly common. People will gently caress up your name, no matter how simple it seems like it should be able to be spelled out.
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May 26, 2016 02:36
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I know I post a lot of dumb football player names because that's my job, but I talked to a mom today who would only refer to her 8 year old son as "The Greatest of All Time". Like even when I'm trying to get his legal name for medical waivers and poo poo that's all she would give me. Pretty  honestly.
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May 26, 2016 03:15
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fullroundaction posted:I know I post a lot of dumb football player names because that's my job, but I talked to a mom today who would only refer to her 8 year old son as "The Greatest of All Time". Like even when I'm trying to get his legal name for medical waivers and poo poo that's all she would give me. I love these types of names but you basically doom your kid to be anything but when you name it something like that. Though the acronym for this kid would be pretty good as a nickname IMO
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May 26, 2016 12:21
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sweeperbravo posted:I love these types of names but you basically doom your kid to be anything but when you name it something like that. Though the acronym for this kid would be pretty good as a nickname IMO T'goat is so spectacularly Northern. I really hope The Greatest of All Time is from Yorkshire.
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May 26, 2016 13:41
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Someone named Jadon Beeson claimed to see the Millennium Falcon on the ISS feed last month.
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May 27, 2016 05:48
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Purple Poon 潘 柴
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faOjg-CRwaA A list of unusal NFL player's names. Some awesome ones: D'Brickashaw Ferguson Crocket Gilmore Ricky Tjong-a-tjoe Vontaze Burfict Ziggy Hood Fozzy Whittaker "Haha" Clinton Dicks Captain Munnerlyn Barkevious Mingo. From Wikipedia: "Mingo is the son of Hugh Mingo and Barbara Johnson. He has two older brothers, Hugh and Hughtavious and two younger brothers, Malik and ladarain. His unusual first name was created by his mother, adding the first three letters of her first name to a name she liked, Kevious." Kevin DuBrow has a new favorite as of 09:21 on May 27, 2016 |
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May 27, 2016 06:24
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Kevin DuBrow posted:
Barkevious is a kick rear end name, but Kevious? What the gently caress. That is not a name. Even reading Kevious gives me flashbacks to the crazy rear end nonsense I used to see in pediatrics. Fortunately I've mentally walled off whatever name that it's giving me a flashback to. All I can remember is the god drat OB-gyn pediatric room and glaring at God lovely parents in disdain because they had brought their infant in for a non-complaint and named him some dumb bullshit. Content: have I mentioned this one? Dude came in by EMS with his name tattooed across his chest. His name? Lil'Greg. Super cool dude with an unfortunate name. His explanation was that his Father's name was Greg. His crazy mother named all of her sons after their fathers. His brothers were Lil'Damien and Lil'Tyrell. His mother named her daughters after her. Her name was Lashonda. All I remember is one sister named La'rhonda. Can't remember the others.
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May 27, 2016 08:18
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To be fair that's a good way to remember.
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May 27, 2016 13:49
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berenzen posted:Being fair, this happens with names that are all in common use as well, like mine. I've had people spell my name Brandon, Brayden, Braedin, Bradin, Braydon, etc. When my name (Brendan), is fairly common. People will gently caress up your name, no matter how simple it seems like it should be able to be spelled out. My daughter's name is Anna, which people would have had absolutely no trouble pronouncing correctly if Disney hadn't made a movie featuring the name pronounced the other way while I was pregnant with her. Now everyone sees it written and assumes it's Ah-na and that she's named after the princess. No, it's just ordinary Anna and she's named after one of the most important people in my life, I hate you all.
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May 29, 2016 20:11
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TheKennedys posted:My daughter's name is Anna, which people would have had absolutely no trouble pronouncing correctly if Disney hadn't made a movie featuring the name pronounced the other way while I was pregnant with her. Now everyone sees it written and assumes it's Ah-na and that she's named after the princess. No, it's just ordinary Anna and she's named after one of the most important people in my life, I hate you all. Let's just say, I know your pain exactly.
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May 30, 2016 11:06
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TheKennedys posted:My daughter's name is Anna, which people would have had absolutely no trouble pronouncing correctly if Disney hadn't made a movie featuring the name pronounced the other way while I was pregnant with her. Now everyone sees it written and assumes it's Ah-na and that she's named after the princess. No, it's just ordinary Anna and she's named after one of the most important people in my life, I hate you all. So what kind of weird-rear end special snowflake pronunciation do you think is ordinary
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May 30, 2016 11:40
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presumably with the first vowel as in 'can'?
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May 30, 2016 11:46
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Waci posted:So what kind of weird-rear end special snowflake pronunciation do you think is ordinary Where the hell do you live that you need to ask this?
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May 30, 2016 14:17
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Where the hell do you live that you need to ask this? GBS 
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May 30, 2016 14:22
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What movie is it anyway?
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May 30, 2016 14:22
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She means Frozen.
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May 30, 2016 14:45
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Waci posted:So what kind of weird-rear end special snowflake pronunciation do you think is ordinary She should grow up to be really annoyed by bananas. 
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May 30, 2016 15:04
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From an article about swim lessons for toddlers: "Tarin McAdoo Comer, 42, of Hamilton, signed her 3-year-old daughter Jacksanna.."
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May 30, 2016 16:25
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Aphrodite posted:She means Frozen. Haven't seen it 
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May 30, 2016 17:14
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Do you say Anna or Änäh?
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May 30, 2016 21:43
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Analy. I'll see if I can find the picture I took, it was a long time ago. A car, clearly the car of a person who has just graduated high school, and part of the decoration read "You did it! Analy"
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May 30, 2016 22:24
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You folks remember that child from a few years ago that had an obscene amount of 'y's in her name? She now has a little brother. quote:Big sisters Khayleigh-Huntyr Madisyn and Kharringtyn-McKhynleigh Khaybryn are proud to announce the birth of their little brother, Kheestyn-McKhormyck Dallas
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May 31, 2016 03:06
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Kevin DuBrow posted:"Haha" Clinton Dicks
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May 31, 2016 03:13
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One of the servers at work today waited on a woman whose name was, no poo poo, Seima Krak.
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May 31, 2016 05:34
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RC and Moon Pie posted:You folks remember that child from a few years ago that had an obscene amount of 'y's in her name?
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May 31, 2016 10:09
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Waci posted:Do you say Anna or Änäh? "M'lady"
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May 31, 2016 11:38
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RC and Moon Pie posted:You folks remember that child from a few years ago that had an obscene amount of 'y's in her name? Should have been McKhorben Dallas.
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hyperhazard posted:Should have been McKhorben Dallas. And the next sister can be called Mh'uuulteeeei Paaahhhsss. Content: I met a Selma at work today. She was not 80; she was in her 20's.
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One thing I think is funny about the "too many Ys" family is that "kh" is its own distinctive sound that isn't just the same as saying "k" or the "ch" you find in Christopher or Christina. I'm almost 100% certain that the parents aren't intending for that to be the pronunciation and doubt they even know it exists. That's one problem with the unusual spellings of normal names. People overestimate their own ability to use spelling rules that make sense and then seem truly surprised when the rest of the world doesn't magically grasp their intent and pronounces their kid's name like they're trying to clear their throat.
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sweeperbravo posted:One thing I think is funny about the "too many Ys" family is that "kh" is its own distinctive sound that isn't just the same as saying "k" or the "ch" you find in Christopher or Christina. I don't think you "get" language. (Anyway, in RP and probably most other varieties of English, kh, ch [when it's a voiceless velar stop as in Christopher or Christina], and k are abso loving lutely the same phoneme.)
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Jun 1, 2016 12:26
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RC and Moon Pie posted:You folks remember that child from a few years ago that had an obscene amount of 'y's in her name? Haha of course they're from Salina. The middle of Kansas breeds the strangest and weirdest folk.
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Jerry Cotton posted:I don't think you "get" language. What about people who have a different native language than English? And I don't think it's too weird to see a name that looks like it uses non-English spelling and pronounce it according to that. Imo. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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shelley posted:What about people who have a different native language than English? And I don't think it's too weird to see a name that looks like it uses non-English spelling and pronounce it according to that. Imo. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think he was responding to the pat statement that the two are pronounced differently. Being a non native speaker would make that statement less sensible, not more.
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Jerry Cotton posted:I don't think you "get" language. What English words contain "kh" in a sense that isn't two syllables coming together like "backhand" or "sinkhole?" Genuinely curious
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Well, let's see. There's Khelli.... and Khamryn... and Khanneigh...
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