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do you think nurses/midwifes/registrars [ professionals involved - should be able to tell parents of new baby how actually to SPELL it?>

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slartybartfast · 30/08/2012 15:11

in my job I come acorss some strange spellings of childrne's names and wonder, Why didnt someone tell them?

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BelleTheParalympicBeatnik · 30/08/2012 15:48

But the parents clearly want to call their child Scarlotte.

Why should anyone tell them not to?

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slartybartfast · 30/08/2012 15:48

exactly

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TheonlyWayisGerard · 30/08/2012 15:48

Like Pheobe instead of Phoebe? That seems like an accidental mistake rather than a deliberately unique spelling.

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slartybartfast · 30/08/2012 15:42

i can;t think of any examples, Saffire is a good one, and Scarlotte

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MarthasHarbour · 30/08/2012 15:42

Grin slarty

WandaDoff · 30/08/2012 15:41

No, I don't think so.

When my Dad died, the registrar spelt his name wrong on the form that we needed to give when registering the death.

BelleTheParalympicBeatnik · 30/08/2012 15:41

But you can't spell a name wrong. Is Katherine 'wrong?'

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slartybartfast · 30/08/2012 15:39

rolf giraffeears

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Giraffeears · 30/08/2012 15:38

As a professional it is none of my business how someone wishes to spell thier childs name. Likewise, it's none of my business how people choose to spell on internet fora.

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slartybartfast · 30/08/2012 15:37

oops i had a spelling mistake there/their myself Blush

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MarthasHarbour · 30/08/2012 15:37

have you seen some of the glaring spelling errors in your OP? Hmm

Kayano · 30/08/2012 15:35

If I was in that position I still wouldn't dare mention it

But I would make a mental note lol

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slartybartfast · 30/08/2012 15:34

i am not judging on the choice, i am asking about the wrong spelling.
and wondered whether professionals feel it is ever there place to question the spelling with a new born.

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BelleTheParalympicBeatnik · 30/08/2012 15:27

Not this again.

We all like/dislike different names.

No need to get your judgy knickers in a twist. Hmm

Kayano · 30/08/2012 15:20

Lol. Some people do it deliberatley

I saw a Saffire at the doctors once Confused