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[tallc00lone.livejournal.com]

I told my cousin of your reactions to the name Shoshana Carleigh, and she now sees that Carleigh is a bit much with that spelling (That was the part of the name I disliked, not the Shoshana).
So we were thinking of Leigh names, and we came up with-

Cayleigh/Kayleigh/Caleigh/Kaleigh
Ainsleigh
Ashleigh
Kyleigh/Kileigh
Ryleigh/Rileigh



Some of these, I agree with what most of you are likely to say: The spelling looks terrible!

Opinions?

Comments

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Yup. i before e except after c or when sounding like A as in neighbor or weigh... it should be pronounced lay and Im done singing grade school songs. heh :)

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

This is totally unrelated but I am starting to feel so cheated on grade school songs. It's like everyone in the world learned a better version than I did! I learned "I before e except after C, and when sounding like A it goes the other weigh." How lame and (comparatively) not informative.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

LOL...yes I heard as in neighbor and weigh.

It might look like Lay, and I too read it that way in my head, but I know about 5 people with the middle name Leigh, and it's Lee.

I know a Robin Leigh, Noa Leigh, Heather Leigh and a Ryan Leigh. All guys except Heather. Interesting!!!

ok so 4. That's a lot to me!

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

I think those four people have neglectful parents.

In all seriousness, "Lay" the correct pronounciation, going by the spelling. So I would say the parents of those four people fell victim to contemporary disregard for the correlation between spelling and pronounciation, just like half the country. Oh well.