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mionepage · 20/08/2015 10:27

I was just musing about Verity (I'm not pregnant) when it occured to me that a flower + Verity combo, such as Lily Verity, could be unfortunately misread as Lily Variety...

Would you make this mistake? And would you mind? Does it even matter, since only a handful of people will actually care about your middle?

Am also interested if anyone has come across any actual names that could be read or mistaken as sentences.

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itsonlysubterfuge · 20/08/2015 10:48

I've never mistaken someone's name as a sentence, but people misread and mispronounce my name all the time, it can happen even if you have a simple name.

However, I think the more important point is Verity sounds like someone with a lisp/accent trying to say rarity. So if someone were to say it out loud, that could be confusing, such as when she was introducing herself, etc.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 21/08/2015 10:54

No I don't think I'd misread it, but Lily Verity doesn't even flow

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