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[turtle-dove-1.livejournal.com]

Caleb is a good name, right?

Except when it is spelled Khalob. To say that we never called him Clob would be a lie.

Comments

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Yeah that wouldn't be pronounced Caleb in my mind haha. I don't understand this obsession with h's. I'm temped to pronounce Kh just like a hard "h", like the Kh is in Khalid.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

Whyyyyyyyyyyyy

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Ew. That only barely looks like Caleb.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

Looks like KAH-lub. Awful.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

Khalob??? WTF.

Caleb is such a great name. Why must people butcher it?

[zorianna.livejournal.com]

The worst spelling I've come across was Kalup. I wanted to smack the mom in the head and ask her what the hell she was thinking! Caleb is a GREAT name, no need to mess with it.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

kuh-LUP, ka-LOOP... not Caleb!

And the OP, I thought it was kuh-LOB or Kaa-lob.

If people insist on changing spellings I wish they would at least keep it easily pronouncable as the original name

[zorianna.livejournal.com]

I know, that's how I wanted to pronounce it too! But the parents said it like Caleb, as if that's OBVIOUSLY how it should be pronounced. It was all kinds of ridiculous.