Sibset for the letter "B"

[isoldereverie.livejournal.com]

A family was featured in an article for the local paper.

Bryanna age 9 girl
Brytanny age 6 girl
Brady age 1 boy


When I look at that spelling for Brianna I say it more like Bry-anna. BRY-an-uh. Like saying Bryan with the "uh" on the end. Then I look at that spelling of Brittany and I want to say Bry-tin-ee. My brain completely rejects that though and I can't even say it out loud without getting tongue twisted.  Brady lucked out, didn't he? 

Comments

[love-in-war.livejournal.com]

I say Bryanna just like you.... and I hate both the girls names. THe spelling is awful to me.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

I say both names like you do. People really don't realize that changing a letter changes the pronunciation.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Oh god. "Brytanny" makes my head hurt. Plus, I read that as BRY tann-ee. Blech. You're right, Brady lucked out.

[tokyo.livejournal.com]

Brytanny = Encyclopedia Britannica

[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

Just a thought (I could be TOTALLY wrong) but maybe the family really does pronounce it BRY-an-uh. Jordana and Philipa are girls names so it wouldn't be any different.

I wouldn't use it but I like it. :)

Brytanny is quite an abomination though. LOL

[isoldereverie.livejournal.com]

There's a family that comes in every so often with a toddler girl called Bry-anna. They do pronounce it like Bryan-ah, but it's spelled Briana.

I look at those names and try to make them all work together, but it just feels wrong. Brianna, Brittany, and Brady I could wrap my head around. However, Bryanna and Brytanny seem to clash because of the possible pronounciation differences.

(I like Philippa. I first saw that name in the Anne of Green Gables books and liked it but thought it was too masculine and cumbersome. It's really grown on my since Philippa Gregory's books have been around. Wasn't that Pippy Longstocking's real name, too?)