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[ex-thegreyl.livejournal.com]

was just looking at a kids' model site and saw a little girl with the name Herniyah.


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people babies

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

Eli Manning Welcomes Daughter Ava Frances
Vern Yip Welcomes Daughter Vera Lillian Beatrix
Rachel Zoe Welcomes Son Skyler Morrison
Tom Colicchio Welcomes Son Mateo Lev
Elizabeth Banks Welcomes Son Felix
Constantine Maroulis Introduces Daughter Malena James
Eva Herzigová Welcomes Son Philip

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[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

A girl in one of my classes yesterday-- Hazelle (pronounced Hay-zell). I think it's terrible. I couldn't stop accidentally pronouncing it like gazelle.

Some other names names that I thought were very different popped up last week. I try to be sensitive and not to judge a lot of the names where I teach because I realize they're cultural names, but the spelling/pronunciation just kills me sometimes. There's also just what seems to me to be a lot of butchering of more common names. There's usual cultural names and then there's being kr8tyve while following cultural naming structures. So anyway, three girls in one of my classes last week: Kissaria, Keviona, Andrinae-- all three of which have '-ay' sounds on the end. Aside from Andrinae, I never would have pronounced them that way. I thought Kissaria was weird but kind of cute, Keviona was way too masculine for my tastes, and I was neutral on Andrinae. Misuse of a's is somewhat rampant. I had a girl awhile back named Asia. I pronounced it 'Ay-zhuh' and the kids laughed at me. No no, it's pronounced Ah-zee-ay! I get kids named Davonte all the time and I pronounce it correctly. Not so with Davonta. :P


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More names from personnel files

[sayfray.livejournal.com]

Today I received a fax from a receptionist named Girlie-Ray. I think it's different, and I don't really like it.  I believe it's her real name and not a nickname as these fax forms are company documents so the names are usually listed as:

John 'Johnny' Doe
Jane 'Jan' Doe

Only if they go by a nickname though, otherwise they just type out their first and last names.

Update on Pleiades, she goes by the nickname 'Ple'.  I don't know if it's pronounced Plee or Play, but it's interesting to know she goes by a nickname.

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