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Re: Name spellings
Posted By: codeman38, on host 24.4.253.144
Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at 11:06:42
In Reply To: Re: Name associations posted by julian on Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at 06:36:50:

> So, my split personality finally manifested itself as my login name goes to RinkForum. How's that for a name coincidence! In Denmark, there is a List Of Allowed Names, which perhaps degrades the novelty of having five Michaels in my high school class. There was a great rave a couple of years ago when a couple wanted to call their newborn Cristophpher. That would simply not do.
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> jul"suggests Denmark for Dave's asteroid attack"ian

Ooh, I read about the "Christophpher" debacle a while back. That was interesting, to say the least...

And that brings up an interesting topic-- people who give their children otherwise normal names, but spell them in a way that isn't so ordinary. I mean, we've got plenty of "Britney"s and "Ashleigh"s cropping up; nobody's content to just spell it Brittany or Ashley anymore. I even know a Marylen and a Jennipher who were in my school's symphonic band.

Now as much as I like the individualistic spirit of the parents who give their children such names, it's really more of a hassle than it may at first seem. Often it's impossible to just take a wild guess at the spelling of someone's name, and instead we have to resort to asking a series of ridiculous-sounding questions regarding exactly how it's spelled. If we do just take the most obvious guess at the spelling, it's bound to be wrong, and the person in question may become rather annoyed at having their name misspelled, especially when it's done repeatedly. That's not a bad thing for a name that already has several well-established variations ("Catherine", for instance), but seriously-- there should be some sort of limit to it.

-- codeman"oh yeah, and I've even seen a Jhon or two"38

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