why do people give children names and spell them wrong deliberatly? surely this is just pretentious and leads to a life of 'actuly you just pronounce it like amy' or 'no, i spell it a-i-m-e-e'). whats the point? this also applies to foreign names spelt phonetically (we may not be irish, but we know how to pronounce sean!) and even, the more rare but equally ridiculous phonetic pronounciation of a foreign name (no i will not call your son see-an, it makes me look and sound like I'VE made the mistake)
someone once told me it was to make the name interesting, but in my opinion, it just makes everyone involved look foolish. its also just a really pretentious attitude that your name has to be spelt differently, causing minor inconveniance all round, for the sake of a conversation piece. as if having an 'interesting' name makes you an interesting person IT DOESN'T!
why do people do this? is it pride in ignorance?
2007-01-25
05:32:25
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dasistgut_15
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