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2012/07/30 14:11:31
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Azza007 wrote:People are always spelling my name wrong Arron, Erin, Aeron... Its Aaron people.
As you say, Damphair.
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2012/07/30 17:34:57
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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While names do change in spelling over time, I don't think that's what we're seeing here. We're seeing people try to be cute with their kids' names. Something their kid will have to live with for the rest of their lives.
I don't care for it. My GF is a teacher and sees this all the time.
Right now, there is a female vollyball player on the US team at the Olympics whose name is Destinee Hooker.
That's the second best Stripper Name I've ever heard. The best was Daily Joy. fething parents, man.
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2012/07/30 19:37:02
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Somewhere in south-central England.
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2012/07/30 19:46:02
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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K. Guess.
I don't like it.
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2012/07/30 20:23:55
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Kid_Kyoto wrote:So one of the Tema USA women's gymnasts is named Jordyn Wieber and as soon as I saw her name I winced.
I can understand why parents might give their kid a misspelled first name, for uniqueness or ease of googling but whenever I see someone with a misspelled first name I get an impression of illiteracy.
Does anyone feel this?
you may want to consider the parents' psychology. They may have settled for Jordan, and ended up with a girl, and then wanted to feminize a name that they felt was too masculine. I'm suspicious this is what happened here.
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16 successful trades as a seller;
To glimpse the future, you must look to the past and understand it. Names may change, but human behavior repeats itself. Prophetic insight is nothing more than profound hindsight.
It doesn't matter how bloody far the apple falls from the tree. If the apple fell off of a Granny Smith, that apple is going to grow into a Granny bloody Smith. The only difference is whether that apple grows in the shade of the tree it fell from. |
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2012/07/30 22:02:53
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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Jordan is considered a unisex name in the US.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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2012/07/30 22:29:47
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Powerful Pegasus Knight
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Melissia wrote:Jordan is considered a unisex name in the US.
It has become so in most places. It's still a masculine name though, historically and grammatically.
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2012/07/30 22:34:41
Subject: Re:Misspelled first names
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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rubiksnoob wrote:There was a girl in one of my english courses named GG. Pronounced Jee-jee. So clever!
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gee-gee
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2012/07/30 22:37:12
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Kilkrazy wrote:We're seeing special people with special children.
It's why I want to see the dire wolf and sabretooth tigers reintroduced to the North American continent... Put some spice back into natural selection.
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2012/07/30 23:30:09
Subject: Re:Misspelled first names
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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She did have large teeth, I recall.
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2012/07/31 00:05:24
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Melissia wrote:Jordan is considered a unisex name in the US.
which gives us our reason of adding "feminizing" elements to the name, to take if from masculine/unisex and make some sort of effort to have it read as feminine.
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15 successful trades as a buyer;
16 successful trades as a seller;
To glimpse the future, you must look to the past and understand it. Names may change, but human behavior repeats itself. Prophetic insight is nothing more than profound hindsight.
It doesn't matter how bloody far the apple falls from the tree. If the apple fell off of a Granny Smith, that apple is going to grow into a Granny bloody Smith. The only difference is whether that apple grows in the shade of the tree it fell from. |
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2012/07/31 00:45:02
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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I went to school with a Theresa Green, Crystal Dawn, Richard Head and a Randy (Randall) Buga (actually pronounced like "Booga" not "bugger").
This was back in the 80s.
Crystal's parents WERE hippies.
Theresa's parents were just cruel.
Richard went into politics.
Randy went back to the USA (his dad was in the military doing stuff over here for a few years).
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2012/07/31 01:35:31
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Why can't people just be called 'Steve' anymore?
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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2012/07/31 01:50:23
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Frenzied Berserker Terminator
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On a side note, I hate when people spell your name wrong. Take mine for example, John. Not, Jon, Jonathan or Jhon. Its John, Jhon, jeez people...
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2012/07/31 02:40:33
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Boosting Space Marine Biker
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There is an American baseball player named Jhonny Peralta. Apparently the nurse who filled out the birth certificate had a moment, and his parents decided they liked it.
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2012/07/31 03:00:22
Subject: Re:Misspelled first names
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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On a side note, I hate when people spell your name wrong. Take mine for example, John. Not, Jon, Jonathan or Jhon. Its John, Jhon, jeez people...
Its even worse when your name tag is where everyone can see it
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2012/07/31 04:41:41
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Avatar 720 wrote:Why can't people just be called 'Steve' anymore?
..... no Avatar720... No! Bad avatar720! Bad!
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15 successful trades as a buyer;
16 successful trades as a seller;
To glimpse the future, you must look to the past and understand it. Names may change, but human behavior repeats itself. Prophetic insight is nothing more than profound hindsight.
It doesn't matter how bloody far the apple falls from the tree. If the apple fell off of a Granny Smith, that apple is going to grow into a Granny bloody Smith. The only difference is whether that apple grows in the shade of the tree it fell from. |
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2012/07/31 12:07:33
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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I know too many people named Steve as it is.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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2012/07/31 12:55:13
Subject: Re:Misspelled first names
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Ferocious Black Templar Castellan
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There was a newspaper story about a guy here in Sweden who had the charming last name Stalin. He didn't understand why people called him and asked to speak to Joseph, insisting that his name was pronounced "Staliiin". 
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2012/08/02 11:08:47
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Krazed Killa Kan
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When I applied to the temp contract (via an agency) for the job I worked at, I wrote my real name as:
'Richard Jones BSc' (as I have a bachelor of science in Comp Sci), hoping it would aid in my job getting.
Either way, I got the job, but the agencies automated data capture system messed up, and for the duration of the temp contract I was actually named:
'Richard BSc'
Seriously, it was on my payslips and everything...
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And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
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daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
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2012/08/02 11:18:27
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Melissia wrote:I know too many people named Steve as it is.
I don't know anyone called steve, nor have I ever met a steve.
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2012/08/02 11:40:32
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I've met a Steven and a Stephen, but neither of them liked to be called Steve. I have yet to meet someone who is called 'Steve' as opposed to 'Steven' or 'Stephen' though.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation |
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2012/08/02 12:21:10
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Proud Triarch Praetorian
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Melissia wrote:Jordan is considered a unisex name in the US.
Unisex names always threw me off a little bit when I was a kid. I have known many male and female Jordans. But some others always caused me problems.
Growing up in Grade School/High School I had a lot of females named Ashley in my class and a lot of males named Kyle. When I met the opposite sex counterparts of these names, hilarity ensued. More so with the name Ashley.....
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2012/08/03 02:49:03
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Otiose in a Niche
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Quick question, Heidi stripper name or not?
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2012/08/03 11:16:44
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Huge Hierodule
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Unless it's followed by the incredibly unsexy surname Klum (why does such an attractive woman have such a stupid surname?) then yes.
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2012/08/03 13:55:54
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Fixture of Dakka
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Kid_Kyoto wrote:Quick question, Heidi stripper name or not?
No, not even a little bit.
To me, it says "I'm from Switzerland or Austria or Germany, and am a buxom blonde with a very warm, friendly personality". Heidi is someone who will take care of you when you're sick and can always make you laugh.
And, if you offer her money to take her clothes off, she'll scream terrible insults at you while her older brothers Frederick and Hans break your arms and legs.
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2012/08/03 14:07:53
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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Grakmar wrote:Kid_Kyoto wrote:Quick question, Heidi stripper name or not?
No, not even a little bit.
To me, it says "I'm from Switzerland or Austria or Germany, and am a buxom blonde with a very warm, friendly personality". Heidi is someone who will take care of you when you're sick and can always make you laugh.
And, if you offer her money to take her clothes off, she'll scream terrible insults at you while her older brothers Frederick and Hans break your arms and legs.
Stereotypes are wonderful things sometimes...
Though her brothers are Hans and Franz and they're twins...
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2012/08/03 14:46:20
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Fixture of Dakka
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Kid_Kyoto wrote:So one of the Tema USA women's gymnasts is named Jordyn Wieber and as soon as I saw her name I winced.
I can understand why parents might give their kid a misspelled first name, for uniqueness or ease of googling but whenever I see someone with a misspelled first name I get an impression of illiteracy.
Does anyone feel this?
First, hopefully you misspelled the fifth word of your OP on misspelled names on purpose.
Second, as one of those people with misspelled names I did in fact think my parents were idiots for most of my life. Or a least one of them. My father (who has a degree in aerospace engineering) routinely spells time, "tym" and other gems. So with some logic I thought my mother passed out and he filled out the form by himself. I'm supported by the fact my brothers name's are Adam and Caine; and my name is not Abel or Seth. When I was about 13 I found a stack of postcards from Mauston, Minnesota and I discovered my parents aren't idiots, they just liked a place in a state I've never been to so much they never mentioned it.
Could be worse Top and I nearly died laughing when we got assignment orders for a new troop whose first name was gak head. Thank god she never showed up.
Kid_Kyoto wrote:Quick question, Heidi stripper name or not?
I've always thought of it as more of an attractive barmaids name, like the girl on St. Pauli Girl bottles. In the states it can tend to be a stage name.
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2012/08/03 14:56:54
Subject: Misspelled first names
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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It's not a misspelled name if it's spelled correctly but from an odd source is it?
I mean, i have a name people constantly spell incorrectly because practically everyone knows the other spelling...
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Dakka Bingo! By Ouze
"You are the best at flying things"-Kanluwen
"Further proof that Purple is a fething brilliant super villain " -KingCracker
"Purp.. Im pretty sure I have a gun than can reach you...."-Nicorex
"That's not really an apocalypse. That's just Europe."-Grakmar
"almost as good as winning free cake at the tea drinking contest for an Englishman." -Reds8n
Seal up your lips and give no words but mum.
Equip, Reload. Do violence.
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2012/08/03 15:04:28
Subject: Misspelled first names
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In the Freakonomics documentary there was a section on names and one of the facts they rattled off was that in California there were over 200 variations on the name 'Unique', including some as exciting as 'Uneek', 'Uneqe', 'Uneqqee', ect ect.
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