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Mikaela 
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Posted: 10 January 2007 at 11:06am |
This was on an American website and I thought it was... erm... interesting:
 BabyCenter.com wrote:
Here are some spelling trends we've seen in 2006:
Y not? — The letter "y" has become a popular replacement for "i": Madyson, Aydan, Mychael.
Silent additions — The letter "h" gets dropped in here and there as a silent decoration: Rhyon, Jhordyn, Loghan.
Punctuation variation — Creative use of apostrophes is a popular way of jazzing up names: Ky'Lee, Jaz'Myne, Jay'Den.
Vowel play — Parents create variety by spelling a common vowel sound in different ways, like the sound "ee" (Hayley, Haylee, Haleigh) or the sound "ay" (Jayden, Jaiden, Jaeden).
Consonant swap — Instead of "c," pick "k" (Konner, Kaleb, Khloe). Instead of "ph," simplify with "f" (Cristofer, Sofee, Josef). And opt for "x" instead of "cks" (Jaxxon), or "z" instead of "s" (Izabella). |
cheers,
M'kaylahh
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Posted: 10 January 2007 at 11:26am |
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eeewwwwwww
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Posted: 10 January 2007 at 2:04pm |
LOL...Thanks for that M'kaylahh...he he ha ha
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Posted: 10 January 2007 at 2:32pm |
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I'm not keen on things like that. A name should be spelt the way it sounds. But that is just my opinion.
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Posted: 10 January 2007 at 6:16pm |
I have had to spell my name my whole life...and i don't think till people have an unusual spelling name that they understand... it might sounds cute but it's not fun to have to spell your name 85 times a day:)
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Posted: 10 January 2007 at 10:22pm |
Oh my goodness.
Found this which is really interesting- Name Article Daily Mail
For those who don't know a "chav" is a type of person over here- basically white trash.
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 8:14am |
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 8:54am |
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I think its is probably a bit different for NZ- this is UK based so the popular Chav names probably aren't the same. I was really surprised to see Poppy and Chloe in there! They seem like such pretty girly names- not naughty ones. I must admit there are a few names in there, mainly of boys, that I had in my class growing up and they were little brats so they were already on my black list!
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 9:35am |
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I spelt my girls name Haleigh, instead of Hayley.
I also have a friend whos daughters name is Shayna (said Sharna).
My name people still don't kjnow how to spell and mines spelt the way it should be, so I think no matter what name you ahve some people are always going to spell a name wrong.
I think those teachers are nasty to basically make up their mind about the child before they even get to know them. They are just being bullies.
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 10:31am |
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I think it can be a little harsh too, but training to be a teacher, when i see an unusual name, you do tend to make instant judgements about them, whether or not it is conscious or what. As for the spelling, I think as long as it is obvious how to say it, no problem.
Although names are a personal thing, somethings I do find a bit ridiculous
there was this woman in the Woman's Weekly who's little girl died - meningitis I thyink. Her name was V8. Now, drawing inspiration from things is okay, but inanimate objects? I mean, I like baking, but not going to name my child "cornflour"
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 10:38am |
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V8? Are you serious?
My Grandparents, both my aunts and my cousin are all teachers and they say that often names can be associated with "naughty" children. Its a shame but I guess most people make judgements about people from first impressions- be it their name, appearance, accent, religion, race etc.
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 11:07am |
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No one spells my name correctly
European's spell is Roxana, roxanna, roxsana
Indians spell it Rukshana, rukhshana...
Come on...how hard is Roksana??
I remember the V8 article...when I lived in Zimbabwe I had a girl there called Pepper and her sister was cinammon (Sp??) ...her mum was the Art teacher at school. she obviously liked her spices!
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 11:16am |
I like shopping- I guess Max it is then
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 1:25pm |
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and I like beer, so Speights it is...
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 2:25pm |
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lol
well my friends paretns mustve loved their Whiskey when they called him Jack Daniels lol (or it was jsut a coincidence).
My mum has a friend called Shawn Lamb now those sorts of names are cruel. I feel sorry for the poor kids growing up with those types of names.
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 3:11pm |
lol my aunty was born a Lamb and her parents wanted her to be named after one of her aunties, Kathryn or Mary. Kathryn it was
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 4:42pm |
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I'm Kerri-Anne and you'd think that would be easy to spell...according to article I'm a trouble maker too..and I'm also a teacher...it certainly makes naming your own kids harder:)
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 6:26pm |
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kaw - Dh and I are both teachers, so thats about 60 names a year that become loaded either positively or negatively. I specifically asked for a child with our boys name to be placed in another class so as not to put me off it!
I don't prejudge kids by their names (as far as I am aware), but once I have a naughty kid with a name, it is off my personal name list!
Funny about Paige over there - here it always seems to belong to lovely little girls - so far...And I agree about Chloe! Only had good ones (well, one was naughty, but really funny!)
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 7:01pm |
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Yes the same with us and Paige.. I'm preschool at the moment(though primary trained as well) I don't pre judge either but have had several children with one name who have been challenging:) We have 6 names so far and I haven't taught any of them...phew :)
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Posted: 11 January 2007 at 7:18pm |
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I'm pretty sure that the weekly article about that poor little girl V8 mentioned a middle name somewhere, something like Kahlua or something? Poor wee thing died of cancer, I think.
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Speaking of baby names
As for Kyle ("always spells trouble"), that's DH's best friend's name and we have a small personality clash - so I find that kinda funny 
