If your friend wanted to call their daughter Lily

[Vagaceratops]

(totally outing myself here but ho hum)

And they thought that the spelling Lille was really nice, would you point out that that is a place in France and the pronunciation was different?

Or would you leave it and let them find out on their own?

I think Lillie Langtry was a Lillie. And she's the most famous of all the Lils!

I cant believe you did not mention the incontinence pads (blaming your great grand mother)

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She's a loon. She needs to be told.

If I saw Lille as a name I would think the parents had done a 'Beckham' and called the baby after the place it was conceived!

If I saw Lille as a name (Lill-eh), I would think it was an incomplete sentence and wonder "small what?"

Should be fun to know the surname. Lille Peters, Lille Smith, Lille Cameron (especially fun for a girl to travel to Norway with the name Small Cameron), Lille Edwards, etc....

I would just mention it. I knew a woman who called her daughter Lilliee-Maie, which is pronounced Lily-May. Im not sure why she selected such a unique spelling, but each to their own.

Having a name you need to spell, and respell, is really annoying. I know this from experience. Not only am I lumbered with a Norwegian name her in Britain, my middle name is a British sounding name with a Norwegian spelling, AND I have a double barrel foreign surname. I thank my lucky stars my parents did not call me Wenche (guess how this name is pronounced!! ) like they planned.

So I guess, in a way, with all the foreign names around, it is now the norm to spell and spell your name again and again, because you can never take the spelling of a name for granted. But annoying it is.

Wenker? Vensher?

Cabrinha - "What, I can spell Sally "Frying Pan". No, I can't."

PMSL!

sparkle, try substitue the e in wenker for for an a, and you are almost there. The r is silent, however.

Ah! I had an a friend called William Ankers once. It's a reasonably common surname where I grew up and so didn't cause too much notice till we all hit high school. I often wonder what on earth his parents were thinking.

tell her its lil'lee.

A Swedish couple has been fined for failing to register a legally approved name for their seven-year-old child, who is presently called "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" (pronounced "/ˈalˌbin/"). They've offered to change the kid's name to "A," but the Swedish government says that won't do, either.

Poor, Poor, Child, Lille is pale in comparision.

Cabrinha - "What, I can spell Sally "Frying Pan". No, I can't."

Ahahahahahahahaha!!!

Hi everyone (sheepishly)

I totally got the wrong end of the stick with this thread, sorry

OP, I thought you were being mean about your friend! I realise now that you weren't. Sorry for saying you were being horrible.

Yes Lille is an odd spelling and I can see that it's pronounced "leel". You are right to tell her thats how the rest of the world will pronounce it too.

DS has a very normal name no funny spelling. I don't know why I was up on my high horse but believe me at the time I was towering !

As you were...

(again)

Someone I know has a daughter called Lotta pronounced Lottie

I may be being a bit stupid but how on earth could Lotta ever be pronounced Lottie?

Cabrinha - "What, I can spell Sally "Frying Pan". No, I can't."
Teeheehee!
I chose names with normal spellings on purpose. Staff at DS's nursery were actually quite complimentary!

I. Not really understanding those who are saying spelling Lily as Lille is a personal choice of how you spell/pronounce a name

They are two different words

It's like wanting to call your child Kieron but spelling it Connor and expecting people to call him Kieron! Change the spelling of names if you like, but don't change them into entirely different words!

I find it quite passive aggressive that people give their children misspelt names and then feel aggrieved when the rest of the population haven't read their minds and get it "wrong".

Lotta as Lottie is a perfect example of this.

My children have traditional but not common names, spelt normally. When I signed DS2 into nursery she said "Oh thank God for that, it's so nice to hear a name I can spell for a change!"

I'm not saying we should all use boring normal names, but people can't expect to change the generally accepted way a name is pronounced.

I knew a Hollee. Her mum did get huffy if misspelled!

And then you get regular names that are spelt correctly and people still don't pronounce properly.

Sarah and Sara are NOT pronounced the same!!!!

American Saras pronounce it as Sarah.

My friend Sara is pronounced Sarah (and she's British).

Lotta as Lottie?

Do you mean Lotte pronounced Lotta rather than Lottie?