"Unusual Spellings of Baby Names Out of Control"

[lilima]

People think that I made up the spelling of Emilia. But it is jsut the Italian version of Emily. They say do you pronounce it Ah-meal-iah. It is actually pronounced exactly as spelt, but I am not too fussed if people pronounce it slightly wrong. I jsut wonder if she will hate me when she is older for having to spell it all the time. Interestingly enough I still get asked howt o spell James!

[*TripleJ*]

Interestingly enough I still get asked howt o spell James!

just hope it doesnt happen to me

[Trillian]

our neighbours named their girl twin Emilia and I really like it, especially because Amelia has gotten so popular of late, it's still a way to have the same sounding name but still different.

[Nelle]

I really like Sinbad.

Ahhh I don't care really. All my kids are going to be known as Your Honour, Doctor or Professor anyway, so who cares what their first name is.

[Marlene]

All my kids are going to be known as Your Honour, Doctor or Professor anyway, so who cares what their first name is.

Love it!!!!

[tk1999]

Ahhh I don't care really. All my kids are going to be known as Your Honour, Doctor or Professor anyway, so who cares what their first name is.

Love it Nelle

Slightly off topic but when considering names I have been going through the following process
* <name I like> mmm that is a nice name
* how would I spell <name>
* mmm how does Doctor <name> surname sound... oh, what about <name> surname, esq etc etc etc

yes I must be a loon

Ok, back on topic

[New Dawn]

we too have spelt the winkies names as they sound in the hope that people will be able to say it without too much heart ache... but that hasn't stoped people saying Jayden, or Mickala ( sorry I cant spell it correctlly which I know will annoy most of you ) and with poor bubba girl nobody ever gets her name... I mostly introduce the winkies with there names and when I get that blank look I will say for now you can just call them Zay May and Kai... But once people get used to saying the winkies names it rolls of the touge as easily as Jane.... or at least I think they do...

[Nelle]

Haha, my only 'test' is where I screech the name to see just HOW bad it will sound when I'm calling for them.

[AliBaby]

The world would be a very boring place if we all had the same name. I think all these name changes, variations come with people wanting their child to have their own identity in this crazy world.

I personally changed the spelling of DD's name from the traditional Irish way which is Aisling. I was worried that no one would be able to pronounce her name correctly as that is not even phonetically close to it. So we spelt it Ashlyn. I do get annoyed when people say to me "oh did you combine 2 names together?" ummm no, it is actually a name!!

A few times I used to get offended when someone would ask me what DD's name is and would then go 'oh' (like they hated it) when I told them but now I dont give a toss. We love it, we hope she will love it and that is what matters.