Award for worst "non traditional" name spelling...

[azasadny]

This is the worst example of "non traditional" name spelling I can recall ever seeing...

Antwannette Thompson (from today's new)

What was the problem with "Antoinette"?

[azasadny]

Runner up is "Myrakyl" instead of "Miracle". This is a kid's name at my wife's school...

[crustychief]

I heard a funny story about an aviation safety consultant right after the F-18 crashed into a local neighborhood. Basically, a Military Officer that was part of the investigation was introduced to the woman after he had read her bio. He mispronounced her name, Le-a. She had a fit and said " it's ledasha! the dash ain't silent".

[azasadny]

I've heard that story, too. These two examples are from the CNN website and my wife's school, so I know they are real... but unbelievable at the same time. What is wrong with the "traditional" spelling of these names? Nevermind the "made up" names that are prevalent now.

[Z-man]

My future dog's name will be: Phydeux. (Fido)

[BlueSkyJaunte]

We have a fish named Ghoti.

[Zeke]

And I had a dog named Meat.

At least it wasn't "meeght."

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by azasadny

This is the worst example of "non traditional" name spelling I can recall ever seeing...

Antwannette Thompson (from today's new)

What was the problem with "Antoinette"?

Yeah, and people probably wondered what was wrong with the words like plough, or colour when Webster made his American dictionary.

[Taz's Master]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

Yeah, and people probably wondered what was wrong with the words like plough, or colour when Webster made his American dictionary.

Sure, and I hate it when they use shoppe.

It's ironic to me that I always pronounced azasadny "Sandy" in my mind, and he's complaining about non-traditional spellings of names.

[red-beard]

A kid in one of my buddies English class:

Amfany

Which is ironic because my buddies name was Tony...

[azasadny]

That's "Za Sad Knee" in Polish!! Art is my first name, so I just combined them. I may start calling myself "Dartavian", that's my all-time favorite "made up" name!

[M.D. Holloway]

How about Mycall for Michael? Actually thats kinda cool...

[Taz's Master]

Originally Posted by azasadny

That's "Za Sad Knee" in Polish!! Art is my first name, so I just combined them. I may start calling myself "Dartavian", that's my all-time favorite "made up" name!

Sure, you have cooler guns, a cooler car, and now I find out, a cooler name. Taz was still a wicked cool dog.

dzasadny would be too close to that wierd fastener name.

[Noah930]

Maybe the moms truly think that's how the names are spelled?

[red-beard]

In the case of Amfany, it was...

[redstrosekNic]

Just replace the letter "i" in names with "y". Thats it, now you're cool...

[Zeke]

My wife calls me "Butthead."

I call her "Beaver."

[Flieger]

I'm guessing that is a corruption of Anthony, which I guess is a corruption of Antonie? Or just Anglicised?

[Flieger]

One I had never seen before was Aimee.

[redstrosekNic]

Originally Posted by crustychief

He mispronounced her name, Le-a. She had a fit and said " it's ledasha! the dash ain't silent".

A co-worker of mine substitute teaches for Cleveland Schools sometimes. She had a girl in the class with the exact name.

What are parents doing to their kids???