PSA: Vowels are not interchangable.

stephm0188 · March 2010

You can not mix and match them in order to make a name more unique. It just looks dumb.

Seriously. What did vowels ever do to you? Why do you abuse them so?

CheerChicki · March 2010

bloverly · March 2010

stephm0188:

You can not mix and match them in order to make a name more unique. It just looks dumb.

Seriously. What did vowels ever do to you? Why do you abuse them so?

LOL. You are cracking me up! For the longest time the worst spelling I'd seen was Kynzi....then one day a member here deposited to her daughter's account...Airika. Yikes.

MotherBucker · March 2010

WORD

joellenp · March 2010

You just made me snarf my water! I think people should name their babies what they want, but I have to say that I generally agree with you.

I am on the receiving end of this problem, as well: my name is "Jo-Ellen" (pretty straightforward, if you don't mind the hyphen), but many people insist on spelling it "Jo-Ellyn" when sending me email. Why the y? I just don't get it.

jess60 · March 2010

LOL! Yes

There are some exceptions (such as Jaime vs Jamie) but most of the time I agree with you. You-neek spellings just make you look less "edumacated".

miss.jess · March 2010

I tried really hard to remove vowels from Brooke's name but it just doesn't work. I am thinking about naming this one Maulee just to change it up a bit.

krogers0905 · March 2010

I agree. There are unique names and then there are names that are just spelled wrong. They are not the same

veebug22 · March 2010

Haha. Like Serah for Sarah kind of thing? Although one thing to note is that depending on the country, vowels can be used differently or vowel sounds and words can be spelled differently. Like "Honor" would be "Honour" in Canada and the UK. Also, "Karen" is usually spelled "Karin" in Scandinavia. I'm just saying that it's not always a case of just trying to be "special", although I'm guessing from your post that the offending name and mix 'n' match vowels is a bit more out there.

But on a post about abusing vowels, this post's title is missing one... sorry, it's hard to resist in a post criticizing others about the misuse of vowels. Just sayin'.

karatechrissy · March 2010

miss.jess:
I am thinking about naming this one Maulee just to change it up a bit.

Indifferent

Mrs.Handy · March 2010

Tell this to my SIL naming her daughter Jordyn.... Confused

miss.jess · March 2010

karatechrissy:
miss.jess:
I am thinking about naming this one Maulee just to change it up a bit.

We want to stick with the 6 letter theme! lol

No worries. We have already bought wood letters for Molly. No speshul spellings in this household!

joellenp · March 2010

miss.jess:
I tried really hard to remove vowels from Brooke's name but it just doesn't work. I am thinking about naming this one Maulee just to change it up a bit.

This, again, made me snarf. Couldn't you have tried "Bruk" with an umlaut? LOL!

MarknCalsMommy · March 2010

My mom told me for years that she wished she'd spelled my name Mollie. I'm pretty happy she didn't. I met a girl once spelled Mali, like the country.

goosh24 · March 2010

Dreamsicle23 · March 2010

That, or skipping them all together. I swear on my life I once saw a "Chrystyna".

StephanieDM · March 2010

Thank you! Yes

flippy1234 · March 2010

Mrs.Handy:
Tell this to my SIL naming her daughter Jordyn....

whats wrong with Jordyn?

stephm0188 · March 2010

I rest my case.

joellenp · March 2010

MarknCalsMommy:
My mom told me for years that she wished she'd spelled my name Mollie. I'm pretty happy she didn't. I met a girl once spelled Mali, like the country.

I went to college with a girl from Hawaii named Mali, which she pronounced like the country (emphasis on "Li"). I later met a girl she went to high school with, who said that everybody called her Molly. Make up your mind!

As for Jordyn, it is no worse than Jordin, but both are incorrect: the name is Jordan!

Ready2006 · March 2010

miss.jess:
I tried really hard to remove vowels from Brooke's name but it just doesn't work. I am thinking about naming this one Maulee just to change it up a bit.

Bruk could have been pretty awesome. LOL.

karatechrissy · March 2010

joellenp:

MarknCalsMommy:
My mom told me for years that she wished she'd spelled my name Mollie. I'm pretty happy she didn't. I met a girl once spelled Mali, like the country.

I went to college with a girl from Hawaii named Mali, which she pronounced like the country (emphasis on "Li"). I later met a girl she went to high school with, who said that everybody called her Molly. Make up your mind!

As for Jordyn, it is no worse than Jordin, but both are incorrect: the name is Jordan!

I think some people want to put a 'girly' spin on Jordan and make the 'a' a 'y' or 'i'.

AnnaBanana0327 · March 2010

AliciaCM · March 2010

I actually like Jordyn a lot. The "y" doesn't bother me that much... We are naming LO Jamie and everyone was telling me I should spell it Jaymee b/c my stepdaughter is Haylee. I said, no thank you...

other versions that were suggested:

Jaimee, Jaymy, Jaymey, Jamey, Jaemi, Jaimy and about a million more....

We decided that traditional spelling would be a lot easier for her in school and such...

MrsMommyQ · March 2010

veebug22:
Haha. Like Serah for Sarah kind of thing? Although one thing to note is that depending on the country, vowels can be used differently or vowel sounds and words can be spelled differently. Like "Honor" would be "Honour" in Canada and the UK. Also, "Karen" is usually spelled "Karin" in Scandinavia. I'm just saying that it's not always a case of just trying to be "special", although I'm guessing from your post that the offending name and mix 'n' match vowels is a bit more out there.

But on a post about abusing vowels, this post's title is missing one... sorry, it's hard to resist in a post criticizing others about the misuse of vowels. Just sayin'.

This is the funniest part of this whole post. You're my hero, veebug!

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