One of my friends is a speech therapist at an elementary school, and she posted on her Facebook about some of the, shall we say, interesting names of her students. I just had to share these because they're a classic case study in how not to name your kids.
Kwntyn--Pronounced like Quentin, but devoid of all regular vowels. An i, an e, heck even a y after the w would have made it slightly more tolerable.
Eriola--Yes, it pronounced like areola, the area surrounding a nipple.
Yaa--Pronounced like the word yah or yeah.
Krustini--Like the Italian bread.
NikeAira--It's pronounced Nike (like the shoe) Air-uh, she was named after the shoe, and apparently she is proud to tell everyone that she was named after the shoe.
Franchika
Iceez--Like Icees slushies?
Nokia--Yep, just like the cell phone company.
Jatwon Lakwon
Thoughts?
Kwntyn--Pronounced like Quentin, but devoid of all regular vowels. An i, an e, heck even a y after the w would have made it slightly more tolerable.
Eriola--Yes, it pronounced like areola, the area surrounding a nipple.
Yaa--Pronounced like the word yah or yeah.
Krustini--Like the Italian bread.
NikeAira--It's pronounced Nike (like the shoe) Air-uh, she was named after the shoe, and apparently she is proud to tell everyone that she was named after the shoe.
Franchika
Iceez--Like Icees slushies?
Nokia--Yep, just like the cell phone company.
Jatwon Lakwon
Thoughts?
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Date: 2008-10-30 07:04 am (UTC)Nokia sounds like it's a Japanese name, and probably was before the phone company came out, so... that name's not so bad to me.
Jatwon Lakwon is pretty bad too... *shakes head*
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Date: 2008-10-30 07:12 am (UTC)The ones that bother me least are Nokia, and maybe Yaa.
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Date: 2008-10-30 07:54 am (UTC)I think it is NikeAira that bothers the most. Why not class it up a bit with a brother they call DocMartin? That is just ridiculous.
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Date: 2008-10-30 10:29 am (UTC)NikeAira.. oh my
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Date: 2008-10-30 10:41 am (UTC)Actually, I've always kind of liked Nikè (NEEK-eh), like the goddess, but I'm afraid it will always be pronounced like Nike (the shoe).
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Date: 2008-10-30 11:10 am (UTC)I have to say I don't mind Nokia, but I definitely prefer Ikea (ee-KEH-ah in italian)
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Date: 2008-10-30 02:15 pm (UTC)my attempt to spell ISIS
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Date: 2008-10-30 08:20 pm (UTC)Agent Simmons: Ooh. Nokia's are real nasty. You've gotta respect the Japanese. They know the way of the samurai.
Maggie Madsen: whispers Nokia's from Finland.
Keller: Yes, but he's, you know, a little strange. He's a little strange.
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