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[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

I was working while watching TV earlier. They kept saying this girl's name was Amy. Amy this, Amy that. I look up and see her name is spelled:

Emigh.

O_o

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[piecesofmoi.livejournal.com]

Oh geez thats just whoreuhbull, I mean horrible. I hate creative spelling lol.

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

LMAO!

[katie-oo7.livejournal.com]

That's the name of a hardware store in my hometown, so I'm familiar with the spelling. But I'd much rather see Amy.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

I know an Emi, pronounced Amy. I've never liked it.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I would absolutely never have guessed that Amy was the name they were attempting to get out of that.

I kept going "Ee-my? Em-my?"

[drink-inktea.livejournal.com]

maybe it's like Gaelic or something? idk it's probably a stretch but my name is Ailie and apparently the Gaelic spelling of it would be Eilidh.

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

I actually considered that. If it is, I wouldn't be so offended by the spelling.

[katie-oo7.livejournal.com]

And the hardware store has been around forever so I tend to think of it as a really old fashioned Amy, rather than a kreativ spelling.

[jyl-mac.livejournal.com]

Phonetically that is NOT Amy. It should either be pronounced Ee-my or Eh-my, at best.

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly! Are there even any words where 'igh' make an 'eee' sound? Not that I can think of that's for sure.
And personally, I don't accept the whole 'gaelic/irish' whatever spelling where words completely aren't spelled the way they sound. I hate it. As far as I'm concerned, if it doesn't have at least some phonetic connection, to me, it's NOT what people sound it out as.