Comments on: What’s In A Name?

By: Maureen Williams

Maureen Williams — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:07:51 +0000

not sure anyone reads back this far but if you do you will be happy to know that Penn Gilette’s daughter Moxie Crimefighter Gillette and Jason Lee’s daughter Pilot Inspektor probably know how they feel. And in the mispronounciation category Seamus (pronounced shamus with a long a) is in the 50/50 category which is more then I expected. Often it’s said Sea-mus as if referring to the red sea.

By: Mrs. T

Mrs. T — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:33:02 +0000

Indeed,that’s why we chose to spell it that way =)

By: Clint

Clint — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:45:30 +0000

LOL Heidi. Yet another reason to turn off those goofy spell-check features! I like the way you guys spell Rebekah. I think that gives it more of a classy, old-testament sort of feel.

By: Mrs. T

Mrs. T — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:43:17 +0000

I like Cambren =) – the name and the person. =) Rebekah’s name is always spelled wrong. When people shorten it to Bekah they want to change it completely to be spelled Becca. It’s frustrating =) My sister even did it on a sweatshirt for my mom that has all of the kids’ names on it. Poor Bekah is the only one that got misspelled. Even my browser underlines it as if to say it’s spelled wrong. =(

By: Clint

Clint — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:34:07 +0000

That is hilarious Isa! I’m half afraid to ask, but could his first name be pronounced “Your Highness”? Wow… there is definitely a line somewhere, and I think Special K’s parents crossed it.

By: Lisa Weber

Lisa Weber — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:24:36 +0000

I think Cambren is neat. It’s FAR better than Lemon Jello (or Orange Jello – those people should be sterilized), better than 4real, better than Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K!
(and here’s hoping my coding works…)

By: AutDancer

AutDancer — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:23:58 +0000

Well, you could have only have named your child Lemon Jello if you were Frank Zappa, or some other rich and famous dude, to protect them from all the people that would beat him up. Still, I bet Dweezel Zappa and Moon Unit had their share of difficulty.

By: Clint

Clint — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:23:16 +0000

That’s cool, Trish. I guess mispronunciations and misspellings just come with the territory of having an unusual name. Ultimately though, I think it’s those unusual names that are the most memorable.

By: Trish

Trish — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:22:46 +0000

I love it when names mean something special to the family. My Allicen is named after great grandma Alice, just modernized a bit. BUT it is ALWAYS mis pronounced, and mispelled. It sounds “allison” just like the other spellings. But I love the different spelling, I sat while I was pregnant and tried to figure it out. 2 L’s? 1 L? sen? cen? Allicen. She likes it too.
Thanks for sharing this Clint!!