Nickname spellings

[ounceofpeace.livejournal.com]

The other day I was talking to my boyfriend, Michael, who goes by Mike. I call him Mikey, as does most of his family members. "Mikey" is an intuitive spelling of this nickname to me-- it never even occurred to me to spell it another way. His family spells it this way too. But as I recently found out, when he writes Mikey himself, he spells it "Mikie."

When I see Mikie I think "Mickey." To me it is just ridiculous to complicate Mike by sticking an i in there. I would use the "ie" ending as opposed to "y" if I went by Jessie since it follows the natural progression of the name. Do you agree?

This conversation, and the fact that many people on this community tend to feel strongly about name spellings made me think: are there nickname spelling rules that you think should always be followed?

Comments

[alas-earwax.livejournal.com]

I know a girl who goes by Lizy and it's pronounced Lizzie. It's confusing and I don't really understand why she does it. Mikie would confuse me, too.