Page 2 | Helping ny dd write her xmas cads has made me realise that over half her class have mispelt names

conniedescending · 2008-12-10T20:24:39+00:00

gawd - how and I supposed to help her with her reading and writing when we have: Jak, Zak, Abbey, Mollie, Kloe, Alivia, Ayden, Rebekha, Elli, Reece, Charley.............. dreadful state of affairs [fsad}

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MadamAnt · 11/12/2008 14:19

You've misspelt misspelt. Arf.

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conniedescending · 11/12/2008 14:17

Elli is a girl - pn Ellie

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piscesmoon · 10/12/2008 22:06

Abbey is actually a very old name in its own right (not just short for Abigail).It has just gone out of favour in modern times.
I looked on the free births site and found about 100 from 1837 to 1906-I couldn't be bothered to count them correctly. There were 69 in the 1981 census.
Equally Mollie was a name in its own right, there were too many to list, it said 6770. There were 9188 matches for Charley.

My pet hate is the made up ones like Kloe, but it think it is nice to go back to 19th century for spellings.

Simplysally · 10/12/2008 21:52

Is Elli a boy or a girl?

nkf · 10/12/2008 21:50

Not all of those names are odd though. Mollie doesn't seem that way off to me. And Charley isn't unusual. Kloe is way weird.

Hulababy · 10/12/2008 21:42

When I did some reseach into Mollie I read that Mollie with ie is a more traditional English form of the name, which is a pet form of Mary. The y ending was often a more Amercian version of the name.

Wheelybug · 10/12/2008 21:41

My neighbour, who is at least 70, is a mollie so agree with Hula.

Some of the others do appear a bit bonkers though!

Hulababy · 10/12/2008 21:40

Mollie is NOT misspelt!!! It is a very acceptable spelling variation of Molly and has been in use for well over 100 years, possibly longer.

Can't speak for the rest - they appear as misspellings rather than variations to me, but haven't done any research on any to know for sure.

Hulababy · 10/12/2008 21:40

Mollie is NOT misspelt!!! It is a very acceptable spelling variation of Molly and has been in use for well over 100 years, possibly longer.

Can't speak for the rest - they appear as misspellings rather than variations to me, but haven't done any research on any to know for sure.

Pinkchampagne · 10/12/2008 21:35

Can't see anything wrong with Mollie, Abbey or Reece.

TortoiseRidesaReindeer · 10/12/2008 21:31

My DS2 is Zach but no-one ever spells it that way! It is always Zak/Zac. Annoys him and me lol!

goldFAQinsenceandmyrrh · 10/12/2008 21:27

thanks Peach - so I was pretty close then with my guess. I thought it seemed almost too obscure to be made up and only place I could think of that could have a name like that was somehwere north of Southern Africa lol

EachPeachPearMum · 10/12/2008 21:26

FAQ- Oluwaseun is nigerian- I know one, though he is known as Sean.

aturkeyisjustforchristmas · 10/12/2008 21:18

My grandfathers name was Charley and he was born in 1915 so not a new or made up spelling for a boys name by any means.

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conniedescending · 10/12/2008 21:10

yes....thankfully the rest of the school seems more literate according to the school play list.

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elsiepiddock · 10/12/2008 20:56

Oh my goodness! You have a high concentration there. It would kill me!!

goldFAQinsenceandmyrrh · 10/12/2008 20:55

there was another mother standing next to me also writing down the names (they've been told they're not allowed to give out class name lists to parents - but DS2's teacher turned a quiet blind eye to us all frantically writing them down off the birthdays board lol) and she was thinking out loud and said "oh and Tongai - how do you spell ^that" - I smiled sweetly and pointed it out on the board for her (it's DS2 )

goldFAQinsenceandmyrrh · 10/12/2008 20:55

there was another mother standing next to me also writing down the names (they've been told they're not allowed to give out class name lists to parents - but DS2's teacher turned a quiet blind eye to us all frantically writing them down off the birthdays board lol) and she was thinking out loud and said "oh and Tongai - how do you spell ^that" - I smiled sweetly and pointed it out on the board for her (it's DS2 )

Umlellala · 10/12/2008 20:54

(I used to get lots of cards for Sarha...)

herbietea · 10/12/2008 20:53

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conniedescending · 10/12/2008 20:52

well I said 'that's how her mummy wanted to spell it'

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MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt · 10/12/2008 20:51

What is wrong with Abbey?

LOL at Kloe especially as Klo is loo in German

goldFAQinsenceandmyrrh · 10/12/2008 20:50

I think too far afield sometimes with names often forgetting Europe

Umlellala · 10/12/2008 20:49

Tomas is Spanish/other European.

Connie,you say 'because that's how Kloe spells her name'

goldFAQinsenceandmyrrh · 10/12/2008 20:48

ahh yes changer22 - hadn't thought of that - of course it probably is we have quite a lot of Polish around here >>>>>