http://itzsolastsummer.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] itzsolastsummer.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2009-08-27 05:13 pm

worst spelling.. EVER

So, being back at school means I get to meet a whole new bunch of people, and new names.. and I've stumbled upon probably the WORST spelling of a name, ever.

Kiehli


...pronounced as "Kylie"  Uhhhh, she's 20 and that is the most horrendous and kr8tyv spelling I've ever encountered. WDYT?

[identity profile] tabby-renee.livejournal.com 2009-08-27 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought for a second it was pronounced 'KAY-LEE'...horrible name and spelling

[identity profile] tailea.livejournal.com 2009-08-27 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought that, too. Then again my name is pronounced Tay-lee and it's spelled like my user name. My mom obviously hated me.

[identity profile] laura-anne.livejournal.com 2009-08-27 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup, I get Keely out of that one too. Maybe Keihli would get the correct pron. - still a terrible butchering though.

[identity profile] monkey-fruit.livejournal.com 2009-08-27 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
My first thought was that it must be "Keely".
D:

[identity profile] kitchen-poet.livejournal.com 2009-08-27 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh man, that is horrible. Like, really really bad. I didn't even get that was suppose to be Kylie until you pointed it out. Yikes.

I wonder if she made it up herself or if that is her legitimate name?

[identity profile] velkoria.livejournal.com 2009-08-27 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I actually got the pronounciation right away... doesn't make it any less horrid though.

[identity profile] 3or4monsters.livejournal.com 2009-08-28 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Arg... I break stuff down phonetically, so it'd be KIE EH LEE with 3 syllables.

Kuyellie. It's about as smooth as a box of rock thrown down a stairwell.

[identity profile] 3or4monsters.livejournal.com 2009-08-28 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Box of ROCKS*. Though I did originally type it out as "box of rox" AHAHAHAHA. Oh god. How did I ever graduate? :(

[identity profile] snoglobel.livejournal.com 2009-08-28 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
My bf's cousin is Kiel, so Kiehli makes sense to me... sort of.

I got the pronunciation right at least.

[identity profile] cremepuff.livejournal.com 2009-08-29 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Isn't Kiehl's some sort of bath & body or hair product? Some sort of cosmetic thing...that's what I thought of. And I would pronounce that Keely if I didn't know otherwise.