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We are expecting girl/boy twins. So we have decided to call our little girl Ally and our little boy Pierce.
BUT i dont want to spell it that way I want to spell it Peirs?? Someone said it sounds dumb??
What do you all think? im open to any suggestions
Sorry but I like Pierce as the other ways looks silly and that you have made a mistake
To me they are different names. I used to know a Peirs - pronounced Peerz, whereas Pierce is like Pierce Brosnan or to pierce something with a skewer IYKWIM.
oh wow congratulations on expecting twins
I dont think ur spelling looks dumb, i think go with what u really want
I like both ways that u have spelt Pierce/Peirs
Hubbys suggestions are
Pearse
Pierse
I'd swap the i and e around so it's Piers, but other than that I can't think of any other way to spell it :) I think I prefer that spelling to Pierce...
Yeh that. Id be worried peirs would get 'py-ers':
It all depends on how you want the name pronounces, as Piers would have be 'peers' where Pierce has a harsher sound to it.
I like Pierce. I think if you went with Piers he would constatntly get Piers - as in the plural of pier.
I agree with Mummy Tummy - only because I met a Peirs (pronounced Peerz) - although I think it was spelt Piers.:
Overall though, sweetie - its your name & your baby, so you do whatever you think ;)
........ i like Pearce then Pierce a close second :D
oh I like this thread :dance:
Peerze?
the second e would have to be hyphoneated so would have a liitle do dab " above it so it still sounded like the original version..I just cant put it on here (takes to much thinking space)
Slightly surprised no-one's suggested Pearce yet! Would that spelling work for you?
I really like Pearce too!
I think if you go with Peirs, you'll constantly get the wrong pronunciation. I think Peirce or Pearce would be much better.
I think I would spell it Peirce or Pearce. Otherwise you will probably be correcting people or the time and spelling it.
my first thought with that spelling would be to pronounce it peerze, so if its Pierce Brosnan style sounding i would go with that spelling or Pearce
I like Pearce - although it wasn't your original spelling!
Thanks girls....I still dont know which way to go but you have all given me some good ideas.
I love the name and im really happy with our decision for both babies. I dont want to have to keep picking people up on it all the time tho.
I have to with my DD1, her name is Brea I spell it Breah and bl00dy everyone still calls her Brie and It makes me real angry!!
Still working on there middle names but his will be either Eric Lucas or Henry Philip.
If it were me I would decide how I wanted it pronounced (because to be Peirs and Pierce have two very different sounds) and then go from there.
LOVE your middle names BTW
I perfer Pierce. I cringe when I see weird spellings of names
Personally, I'd do Pearce or Pierce.
I agree with Mummytummy regarding the sound and pronunciation.
Id go Pierce, unless you are wanting the frnceh? sounding way.
yeah we come from a Dutch family and this is how we would pronounce it. so to me it would be a completely different name ITMS...i do like it though!!:
Ahh its doing my head in.
Why cant people say Pier-S instead of Pier-Z. S is Sss NOT Zz:rolleyes:
Im going to have to spell it Pierce or people are gunna stuff it all his life.
:crying:tanty...I still dont want to tho!!
Well so long as you're okay correcting people if they say it different to how you want - I say spell it the way you want to! A lot of people pronounce my name wrong but I've grown so used to it I automatically correct as they speak - it's especially funny if they're talking at me and not listening, I end up repeating myself a lot until they go "Whaaaaat?" :p It's just one of those things for me, no big deal. Just keep the spelling consistent lol - My mum was really tired when I was named, so when the nurses asked how to spell it, she reeled off what sounded right off the top of her head. Then spelt it differently in all the birth announcements to family :lol: The spelling the nurses took ended up being the way it's been spelt since then (apart from people who seem to go off what the birth announcement said 23 years ago!)
... Oh dear, I've made this about me. I'm sorry. I was attempting to give you a boost lol
^^thats what i think too.: