What's your name and how do you spell it?
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
United States
August 27, 2015 6:43am CST
Remember the 'old days' when people spelled their names the 'right' way? when Mary was Mary and Jane was Jane.
Now if you want to use someone's first name you have to try to figure out which way they spell it. Jane is either Jayne or Jain or some other weird spelling. Mary could be Meri or Merri or Merrie or...and it goes on.
Names like Alen, or Allen or Toni or Tony or Tonie - what a person to do? How do you spell someone's first name if you don't know how they spell it in the first place?
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@dashboardc33 (314)
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27 Aug 15
I actually like the spelling of Jayne. I think it is unique and I like the Y in it. My name is Lindsey, spelled with an E. A lot of people spell it with an A, but Im glad my parents picked an E. My daughters are Jaelyn and Nora, so kind of unusual names.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Aug 15
I don't think Nora is unusual at all it is more of an old fashioned name but very nice.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Aug 15
See, this is a perfect example of what I am saying! I wouldn't be able to spell it correctly!
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
28 Aug 15
I won't say my name, but I'll tell you this much. It's spelled the plain old way! 
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
28 Aug 15
LOL, well how there Plain Old Way!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Aug 15
Anthony is an easy name to say and spell I think! I know lots of guys with that name!
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@TonyTops (17)
• South Africa
27 Aug 15
@AbbyGreenhill I agree it is very easy but people seem to always confuse it with Antony
@paigea (35713)
• Canada
18 Dec 15
If I can't ask them, I just have to guess. Since my back ground is Irish I am used to "odd" spelling from way back. If you hear some one say their name is Chivawn - you would be unlikely to spell it Siobhan! I grew up with these names so other unusual spellings don't seem odd to me.
