It's started...
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babynamesA girl came into the office today and, when asked to spell her name out, wrote it as Car6ly. Suffice to say, 'the 6 was silent'.
Now, I've not seen Bandslam, but I'm informed that's where this little trend comes from. I would like to say, however, that I work in a university, so the girl in question had to be 18, and that the forms she was filing in were official University documents. Putting that in her 'preferred name' box means that all her official forms and documents will be addressed as such and, if I'm not mistaken, could lead to her degree certificate being made out to Car6ly.
Perhaps it's actually her given name, and her mother was several decades ahead in her stupidity, but I'm doubting it...
Now, I've not seen Bandslam, but I'm informed that's where this little trend comes from. I would like to say, however, that I work in a university, so the girl in question had to be 18, and that the forms she was filing in were official University documents. Putting that in her 'preferred name' box means that all her official forms and documents will be addressed as such and, if I'm not mistaken, could lead to her degree certificate being made out to Car6ly.
Perhaps it's actually her given name, and her mother was several decades ahead in her stupidity, but I'm doubting it...
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Date: 2009-09-21 06:09 pm (UTC)I was super scathing of the whole Sa5m thing, until a musical friend told me that it's actually something to do with guitar chords. Still a ludicrous thing to do to your name, but ludicrous in a relevant way. Car6ly can't even claim that.