I like Leslie, but wow is that an ugly spelling. Especially on someone middle-aged. This is why it bothers me when people misspell their kid's names. It might look cute on a 4-year-old to have random y's in the middle of the name (although you'll never convince me of that) but it just looks ridiculous on someone when they're 40.
When my friend's family came to Canada from China, they asked her to "choose" a name for herself instead of her Chinese name, which they felt the other kids/teachers would mispronounce/spell incorrectly/so forth. She was really young at the time, like 3 or 4, and she chose Kitty. She's 22 now - not so cute anymore, eh?
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Date: 2007-06-28 07:34 pm (UTC)When my friend's family came to Canada from China, they asked her to "choose" a name for herself instead of her Chinese name, which they felt the other kids/teachers would mispronounce/spell incorrectly/so forth. She was really young at the time, like 3 or 4, and she chose Kitty. She's 22 now - not so cute anymore, eh?
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