"Unusual Spellings of Baby Names Out of Control"

[sas85]

Mel- Thats what I figured, but wasn't sure if it was foreign so might have different innotations.

Trill-. It's true, even with my common name Sarah I still get asked by the Gloria Jeans people with or without an H EVERY time, (which I find funny in itself because they're calling my name out not spelling it out for everyone, duh)

And my husband Lloyd, there is only 1 way to spell Lloyd, and yet most people spell it Llyod which isn't even phonetical so what the??? Or my Oma spells it Loid - Bwa ha ha ha! I think we figure we just see the lighter side of it all, some people will always get it wrong regardless of whether it's unusual spelling or not. (In saying that I would think it was weird if I came across a Sxarah, spelt with a silent x)

Slightly off the subject but my brother named his second son . . . wait for it . . SINBAD. I'd take almost any name with a silent X or Z over that any day.

[kirsty_lee]

That being said - I gave DS a "normal" name - Lachlan and 3 times in the last week I have had to correct people's spelling of that too .....

LOL dee, I have to spell dd's name all the time.. i mean seriously how hard is AVA?! It's not even the asking how Jayde is spelt cause her name is hyphenated.. it's ava they have a problem with

[sas85]

Arrrrrrrr, but pirates be so much more awesome, arrrrrrrrrr.