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To think that people who change the spelling or pronunciation of their name to make themselves “interesting” are usually thick?

30 replies

Neuteringthewrongspecies · 19/06/2025 13:12

There seems to be a plethora of names being changed with added or changed letters and nonsensical pronunciations or spellings these days.
Not just children whose parents have inflicted this upon them but grown adults too.
One person I know changes how she spells her name as the mood takes her.
Another insists a childish nickname is used even at her workplace.

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FortyElephants · 19/06/2025 13:31

Not thick but attention seeking and annoying.

ByJoyousBiscuit · 19/06/2025 13:29

YANBU

but by definition they think they are special. Who cares? You know straight away who you are dealing with, not a big deal - aside from trying to remember the weird spelling of the name.

Mumofteenandtween · 19/06/2025 13:17

Hyacinth Bucket.

WhiteCloudd · 19/06/2025 13:16

Another insists a childish nickname is used even at her workplace.

Childish to you might just feel like her name to her. I know a Lulu for example. (Like the famous one.) Not ‘thick’, as you so delightfully put it.

The bigger question is why are you so wound up by other people’s names?

Drummend01 · 19/06/2025 13:14

I don’t think it’s because people are thick, it’s a shame to always thing the worst of people just because of their name spelling. Who cares, it doesn’t affect you unless you’re frequently having to spell it and even then, plenty of correct spellings are hard to spell. Each to their own