My name is Welsh. It's a nice name (now - I hated it for a while at school when no-one could pronounce or spell it!). But boy do I get nicked off when my own mother, who chose the spelling, can't get it right! My name is NOT spelt with a K! You should know - you picked it! And I don't like the pronunciation of it you use - but then no-one uses that aside from DH when I'm really cross with him, so answer to most pronunciations. My sister calls me Queenie; that's fine, sounds enough like my name. I call her Pam, which isn't her name either, so we're quits.
I also dislike having to spell my name all the time. "No, not a K, a C" or "Yes, a Y and not an E... no, not EY, just Y..." Sometimes I long for a normal spelling just to shut people up! Which is why I've picked normal names for my children. They can have strange nicknames, or go by their middle name(s) if they so wish as they grow up. DS does have a nickname unusual for his name because I don't think the usual one suits him.
I guess "Bus Shelter" will never have to spell his name. But he will get "no, seriously, what's your name?" or "Young Man, if you don't answer the question that will be detention for you!" or the like.
RH - i have one of those super dooper simple first names - but it's one that can be spelt about five different ways, and is also the shortened version of at least five others - so i am ALWAYS having to spell my name too. i think no matter what, people will always clarify spelling (or stuff it up if they don't) and you just get used to it. i had a long surname that had odd spelling, so got used to spelling that one out - married and took on a nice simple surname - and people still stuff it up - i get bridges or biggs - really - it's not that hard!
"My name is Welsh. It's a nice name (now - I hated it for a while at school when no-one could pronounce or spell it!). "
Please let me know what your name is. We are in the process of choosing Welsh girls names and really like Tirion so far.
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