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One letter can make a difference

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 28/02/2015 23:21

eg. I like the names Chery and Meryl but destest Beryl

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stoopstoconker · 02/03/2015 17:33

more of a web presence than a web site

Arsenic · 02/03/2015 16:59

Lost consonants has a website!? I've missed those.

IsadoraQuagmire · 02/03/2015 16:55

I know people are taking the piss but I know what the OP means.
I love the names Polly and Dolly, quite like Holly but can't stand the name Molly. Grin
I do like Beryl too, both because of the semi precious stone and because I love Beryl Reid!

stoopstoconker · 02/03/2015 13:48

naive american indian

stoopstoconker · 01/03/2015 21:48

lost consonants

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mumslife · 01/03/2015 20:54

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DramaAlpaca · 01/03/2015 15:46

I can't stand Cora, Dora or Nora, but I love Laura which has the same vowel sounds but with different letters.

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 01/03/2015 15:34

I prefer Chuck U Farley to Fuck U Charley.

Loyse · 01/03/2015 15:01

Like Jack not Jake.

And y y to ben ken Jen etc etc

Gary and Barry both rather horrible though.
I love Olive less keen on Olivia and prefer Emily to Emilia. Like Emma.

sassytheFIRST · 01/03/2015 14:57

I once knew a family. Dad was Cyril, mum was beryl. Daughter was Cheryl Grin

ByeByeButterfly · 01/03/2015 14:43

I like cake but don't like Fake, Jake or Lake :)

I like Ben, Jen but not Den, Ken, Len or Ren.

I like Dan, Han, Ian, but not Jan, or Tan.

I like Dee, Fee, Lee and cee but not cee, tee or zee.

These Re more nicknames though.

RocketInMyPocket · 01/03/2015 14:29

I really like Ella, yet can't stand Ellie.
Weird isn't it?

BaronessBomburst · 01/03/2015 13:11

Twan.

It's a Dutch name. Grin

AwfulBeryl · 01/03/2015 13:08

Kelly not Jelly

ScaryChicken · 01/03/2015 11:27

Hank not Wank

DrElizabethPlimpton · 01/03/2015 11:08

Wasn't Meryl one of the Osmand brothers?

I don't like Beryl much either.

iklboo · 01/03/2015 11:04

Meryl's right up my streep.

Loyse · 01/03/2015 11:01

Absolutely

Julia not Julie
Joanna not Joanne

Beryl beats Cheryl though!

Lydia and Linda/Lynda and Lynn not miles apart in terms of letters but far apart in terms of niceness.

Ham69 · 01/03/2015 10:54

Joe not toe

stoopstoconker · 01/03/2015 10:21

Banal not anal.

AwfulBeryl · 01/03/2015 09:43

I like Summer not Bummer.

FirstAidKitten · 01/03/2015 09:17

Important for gender too:

Martin / Martina
Justin / Justine
Paul / Paula
Luca / Lucy

Doilooklikeatourist · 01/03/2015 09:16
Daffodil
Doilooklikeatourist · 01/03/2015 09:14

Seren looks as if the parents forgot the A at the end of Serena

AwfulBeryl · 01/03/2015 09:11

I prefer Lara to Tara and Zara to Sara.

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