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Interesting spellings.

162 replies

TwigsRidesAgain · 11/10/2014 16:56

I saw this one today. Lileigh.

Not saying it's good or bad. Never seen it before that's all.

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thatstoast · 12/10/2014 10:41

If Jaxon is American then it's just the case that someone in America made up a spelling rather than someone in Britain making up a spelling. It's not a language difference as both countries speak English.

I just don't understand the mentality of people who want to call their child a particular name, like Lily, but don't want to spell it correctly.

moxon · 12/10/2014 10:33

Oh, absolutely - shorten away! Nn are a whole different kettle of fish. I have no bone to pick with nn, ever. You can do whatever you want with a nn. But unfortunately I know of two Siouxsies, first names, birth certificated.

SanityClause · 12/10/2014 10:28

Yes, I do know where she got the Sioux spelling from, thanks, moxon. Obviously Siouxsie was a stage name.

As I said, her real name was Susan, and her nickname was Siouxsie.

Other people may choose to do the same.

Frankly, as someone with an unusual spelling of an ordinary name (see my earlier post) I would never choose to have an unusual spelling, but if someone wants to shorten their own name Susan to Siouxsie, that's their lookout.

games, the spelling of my name is constantly "corrected" by various organisations. It's quite frustrating, at times.

KoalaDownUnder · 12/10/2014 10:17

Umm, whoops - cross-posted with your response, cheerup - didn't mean to offend.

KoalaDownUnder · 12/10/2014 10:15

Jorja is perfectly acceptable, just not a British name.

Jorja is not an accepted spelling of the name in another language, Showy. It's just a bastardisation of Georgia.

McBear · 12/10/2014 10:14

Leigh is a valid alternative for lee tho. They've simply adapted it from Hayliegh, Kayleigh etc. they've not made up a new sound.

Jaxon, I would say, derives from America where they often change names to how they are said. Eg Darrin, Darryn, Darren.

cheerupandhaveaglassofwine · 12/10/2014 10:14

Thanks showy, I was going to criticise the dislike of Jorja as that is what I named one of mine, I guess it must be an American spelling and in my case was inspired by actress Jorja Fox from CSI

13Stitches · 12/10/2014 10:01

Games, they probably thought they were correcting the person who typed/transposed it in, or autocorrect or something. I doubt they were correcting you. given the variety of names around

gamescompendium · 12/10/2014 09:51

DDs middle name is Sofia, after her Spanish Grandmother. School changed it to Sophia on their records. They got a bollocking about that.

thatstoast · 12/10/2014 09:47

I have no problem with non-British names (Kacpar comes to mind!) but names like Lileigh or Jaxon aren't from a different language, are they? It's just someone trying to be different and come up with a silly spelling. That's what I object to.

McBear · 12/10/2014 09:36

I can't understand why people get so offended by names and can't seem to accept that some names are not of British origin. There is more than one standardised form of some names.

Showy · 12/10/2014 09:31

Jorja is perfectly acceptable, just not a British name.

And yes, La-a is an urban myth.

moxon · 12/10/2014 09:29

sanity which is a reference to the Sioux native american group, which has very little to do with susan in itself. So silly.

JoanJettPack · 12/10/2014 09:25

I know someone with a dd called Porchia.

She pronounces it Por-sha, but I deliberately pronounce it Porch-ee-ah because that is what it says, imo. And I can't stand her mum and enjoy pissing her off Grin

MollyBdenum · 12/10/2014 09:20

And I've always liked the spelling Alys even though it's been totally replaced with Alice.

MollyBdenum · 12/10/2014 09:18

Cathryn is ok.

AntiDistinctlyMinty · 12/10/2014 09:13

I went to school with a Reinebeau. Every time we got new teachers it was "Yes my name's rainbow, no you don't spell it like that". Poor thing...

There was also a Kayleieh, a Feebee, and a Jemagh [puzzled]

SanityClause · 12/10/2014 09:10

Surely Siouxsie is an allusion to Siouxsie and the Banshees?

Siouxsie Sioux's real name was Susan, so it was a nickname taken from that.

SanityClause · 12/10/2014 09:05

There is a character in a John Irving book called Melony, Icedfinger.

SanityClause · 12/10/2014 09:03

The La-a thing is an urban myth.

devoncreamtea · 12/10/2014 08:58

Different, but I know a grown up called Isla - pronounced 'Iz-ler'

What a thing to have to explain your whole life!!

Icedfinger · 12/10/2014 08:28

I've recently seen:
Melony
Kamron
Jak

NO!!

grufallosfriend · 12/10/2014 08:19

Cathryn instead of Katharine.

speak2me · 12/10/2014 07:47

Recently seen a Nataleigh. No no no!! Just looks wrong to me.

eurochick · 12/10/2014 06:21

Claire is not a weird spelling. As someone else said, it's the French form. Clare is the Germanic form. Clair(e) is the French word for light.