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I will never understand obtuse alternate spellings that are just homophones. Like Trinity spelled Triniteigh accomplishes nothing.
You're just sentencing your child to forever have to spell out their name to strangers
Meh, depending on the last name that might happen anyway. I just spell out my last name by default now.
Trying to be Irish without setting foot in the old country for 5 generations
“It’s spelled Seamus, but I go by James”
It doesn't even sound Irish, it just sounds extremely white American
Reminds me of the article about black Americans visiting Africa and being devastated that they weren't "welcomed home" but rather just treated as visiting American tourists.
It's cute
I worked under someone at an old job who named his son Jaxon. And kept pictures Jaxon drew and signed on the wall of his office. So every time I needed something from him, I would have to see Jaxon's name in his office. And I hated it.
Was his middle name Mississippi?
Did Jaxon use Jaxon Crayons?
I have no idea.
We might have the same employer! Or at least I hope so, I can't imagine two different sets of parents deciding that "Jackson" is just too boring
It was a long time ago and he quit before I did, so doubtful.
honestly, jaxon is almost acceptable. Much like bryan with a y.
Did Jaxon have cybernetic arms?
It reminds Big Literacy that they can't control our minds
Because you hate your child but don't believe in abortion. Just yesterday, I avoided spelling my preferred email on a phone call because a company already had a different address on file.
Ex and I once joked about this subject. We decided it'd be funny to named an unwanted child Paisley.
Mike Hawk
Jenna Talya
Or just James, but spelled Chaymz
To keep in line with the conversation thread, Paisleigh
Whoa! Calling you out on some pretty blatant homophonophobia here!
I can’t read it as anything other than trinitaaay
But the pronunciation of Triniteigh would have the sound like "neighbor" so wouldn't be said like Trinity (tee)..
Not necessarily. Think Leigh and its relatives (e.g., Ashleigh, Kayleigh, Charleigh*)
*made that one up but still,
Um, I had someone in my class named Kayleigh, and it was indeed pronounced Kay-lay. I pronounce all these like "lay", I don't understand the example.
Hm. In my experience, -eigh has always been pronounced -ee. In most cases, Leigh is a homophone of Lee, as it comes from an English word meaning “meadow”, and you’ll find many pronunciation guides that confirm this. Not that I find it all that intuitive, I would have assumed it to be pronounced -lay myself, like sleigh or eight. English is dumb like that, and if you or anyone else wants to pronounce it -lay, nothing should stop you.
Actually
it's pronounced Trinitay
genuinely, i think committing crimes against parents of those names should be legal, to a degree.
It's actually fucking obtuse.
I was solid confused about how these names are homophobic.
It's to add a little uniqueness, and avoid them being the 14th Erica in the classroom, but not going so far as to not give them one of the "normal" names.
Or they just think it looks prettier. It doesn't have to be about accomplishing something beyond "I like how that looks".
I feel like "my child will be burdened by this for the rest of their life" wins over "it looks cool"
You'd be surprised how little it actually matters. It just means they have to spell it for people occasionally.
My name isn't common here, but it's also perfectly well known and spelled in the traditional sense.
I have to spell it for people, and often use a middle name for takeout orders. That's about the extent of the burden of having an unusual name.
My last name is also perfectly common, and I need to spell it as well.
I've seen a lot more "burden" on people with alphabetically late names, since they often are last in line for stuff.