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help with spelling needed.

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maybemaybee · 23/05/2008 09:20

My partner and i are set on the name leif for our baby boy, but we cant agree on the spelling. I thought it was Leif as in the singer, Leif Garret, but DP knows a friend who's spelling is laithe. Another friend of ours has a friend spelt laithe too. Help needed!

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MumRum · 23/05/2008 09:38

how is that pronounced

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maybemaybee · 23/05/2008 09:37

well i dont want him called leaf so that helps a lot, i will go with laithe!

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ninedragons · 23/05/2008 09:35

A friend's father was called Leif, pronounced "leaf". He was Canadian, if that makes any difference.

MumRum · 23/05/2008 09:33

Leif as in leaf?... that would be the only way I would spell it...

Nancy66 · 23/05/2008 09:32

It IS pronounced leaf.

Never heard of it being spelt Laithe - I'd go with your choice of spelling LEIF - at least it bears some resemblance to how the name is pronounced.

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maybemaybee · 23/05/2008 09:32

is that how they would spell it as well mrs badger? Laithe? That would explain why the people my DP and friend know are spelt laithe, they arent irish.

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maybemaybee · 23/05/2008 09:31

sorry is there something wrong in asking?! Its because my DP and i cant agree, so i was hoping to see how others would spell it, to make a choice.

EI togther is an 'a' sound, like rein or freight etc.

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MrsBadger · 23/05/2008 09:31

Unless you are in Ireland everyone will pronounce Laithe as 'Layth'.

LynetteScavo · 23/05/2008 09:28

Ok, for some reason I thought Leif was pronounced leaf.

Personally I like Leif better than Laithe.

Why are you askng us? Why not just go for what you want.

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maybemaybee · 23/05/2008 09:24

well i pronounce it Lay-f but with DP's spelling i presume it would be lay-th?

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themildmanneredjanitor · 23/05/2008 09:24

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LynetteScavo · 23/05/2008 09:22

How do you pronounce it?