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[briannablade.livejournal.com]

Is it just me or do a lot of people just not like creative ways of spelling names? Why is everyone so incredibly hung up on how their kids will be teased? I don't remember any kids getting teased for their names in school. They got teased more for their dress, for their hair, for their glasses, for "physical" appearance things and for sucking up to the teachers and being teacher's pet. I don't think that if someone spells a name with a different spelling that people should automatically put it on "the bad" list. I understand that some people are traditionalist, but why do so many people want to pull down the ones that want to be creative. Some people do get a little carried away, I'll give you that. But there are a lot of people out there who want to name their kids geek names, athletic names, anime names, etc. It depends on the parents interests. *shrugs* I don't know. What do you guys think? Is it just me that feels this way or am I alone in this?

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[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl named Hannah, but it was spelled Hanannah. It was somehow culturally significant, I forget the story, but she got picked on all the time. We didn't like her so we called her "han-anna" to bother her.

I also got laughed at a lot, "Maggie is a dog's name!"

I'm not saying that you shouldn't name your kids what you want, but kids definitely do get picked on for their names. Because kids will pick on absolutely anything, and giving your kid a weird name is giving the other kids ammo.

Also I tend not to like the creative/trendy different spellings. Not because I think kids will automatically suffer emotional abuse in grade school for it, but because it's ugly to me.

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

Also, what's to be gained by adding or changing letters? Your child may be Jaymz rather than James, but it sounds the same, so he'll still be one of six Jameses in his class, you know? (stole that example from the post above mine)