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Please just spell it right...

StrawberryAlarmClockStrawberryAlarmClock member
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...for the kid's sake.  I have a new student named Mon? which I, of course, pronounced "mo-NAH"...how it's spelled.  She said "No, it's Monet"  For heaven's sake.  This poor girl.  Her whole life her name will be pronounced wrong b/c her mom didn't know how to spell.
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  • missesrumissesru member
    I soooooooooo agree.  Youneek spelling is ridiculous.
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    Oh my word, that's terrible!


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  • MrsMSGMrsMSG member
    Wow.  Poor lil thing. =(
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  • Ms MollyMs Molly member
    that's sad
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  • krissyh21krissyh21 member
    If everyone spelled names right, this board would be way too slow =)
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  • HilarighHilarigh
    preaching to the choir...why not let the kid be unique and leave the name alone.
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  • sunnyday016sunnyday016 member
    Along the same lines, I knew a guy in college named Andra' pronounced Andre. Stupid, if you ask me!
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  • jiffy-popjiffy-pop member

    imageHilarigh:
    preaching to the choir...why not let the kid be unique and leave the name alone.

    If people knew how to spell names according to english pronounciation, this name wouldn't be an issue.

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  • sstephen27sstephen27 member
    imagejiffy-pop:

    imageHilarigh:
    preaching to the choir...why not let the kid be unique and leave the name alone.

    If people knew how to spell names according to english pronounciation, this name wouldn't be an issue.

    I am not a fan of unique spellings...BUT if people who come to America don't have to learn English, why should everyone adhere to only English pronounciation (and I'm not talking about just people who are foreign).  Unique spellings = bad, but having to name your child based on english pronounciation = stupid.  This is a free country, right?  That's the point.

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  • bunnybeanbunnybean member
    imagesstephen27:
    imagejiffy-pop:

    imageHilarigh:
    preaching to the choir...why not let the kid be unique and leave the name alone.

    If people knew how to spell names according to english pronounciation, this name wouldn't be an issue.

    I am not a fan of unique spellings...BUT if people who come to America don't have to learn English, why should everyone adhere to only English pronounciation (and I'm not talking about just people who are foreign).  Unique spellings = bad, but having to name your child based on english pronounciation = stupid.  This is a free country, right?  That's the point.

    A free country means they won't get prison time. Doesn't mean we won't judge them and feel sorry for their kid.

     

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  • StrawberryAlarmClockStrawberryAlarmClock member
    imagesstephen27:
    imagejiffy-pop:

    imageHilarigh:
    preaching to the choir...why not let the kid be unique and leave the name alone.

    If people knew how to spell names according to english pronounciation, this name wouldn't be an issue.

    I am not a fan of unique spellings...BUT if people who come to America don't have to learn English, why should everyone adhere to only English pronounciation (and I'm not talking about just people who are foreign).  Unique spellings = bad, but having to name your child based on english pronounciation = stupid.  This is a free country, right?  That's the point.

    Being a foreign language teacher, I can understand what you're saying regarding foreign names. However, even as a linguist, when I look at names I have to think "OK...if this were Italian, it would be pronounced this way, Spanish, this way, but I know that his parents live down the street and are good ol Americans and it's really just a sign that they can't spell"

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  • soontobemrsdavissoontobemrsdavis member

    imageHilarigh:
    preaching to the choir...why not let the kid be unique and leave the name alone.

    Yes 


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