Zoe Jacklynn update

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

The baby is now three weeks old and they've changed their mind about the spelling of the middle name (which most of you didn't like). The new spelling is Jaqualin.

Zoe Jaqualin Stowe

better, worse, or just screwy in a different way?

my initial thought is that the new way is going to be harder for her to learn to spell, but it does look more feminine.

Comments

[amyames.livejournal.com]

i hate that spelling of jacqueline sorry:(

[cherryrider.livejournal.com]

I would have went with Zoe Jaclyn.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

ugh. i really don't like that spelling.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

i like jacqueline, but jaclyn is just too short. i think it's an elegant name that needs some length to it.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

worse!

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I think it was better before.

What do they have against Jacqueline?

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Worse. In every way, shape & form.

The street I grew up on was Jacqueline.. so I have a hard time accepting it any other way. Jaclyn is not bad though.

Jacklynn was 'different' and a bit of an annoying spelling. Jaqualin looks more like 'Ja-kwa-lin' instead of 'Jac-uh-lin' or 'Jac-lin' and is just bad IMO.

[cherryrider.livejournal.com]

I adore it.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I like Jacklynn. Jaqualin just seems wrong somehow, at least Jacklynn led to the most common pronunciation.

I dislike Jaclyn too.

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

I want to say that Joaquin. Bad bad bad.

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

Worse! I think Jacqueline is the best way. But Jacklynn is okay too, not really my style but it makes sense.

[maude.livejournal.com]

Still hate it.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Much, much worse. The last one was a little tacky, but not so bad - this one is arbitrary and ridiculous and strange-looking and may confuse people tryint to pronounce it.

It's JACQUELINE. What is wrong with the proper spelling??

[dazeydevyne.livejournal.com]

I completely agree.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

i think jaclyn looks like jace-lynn (jace like the first syllable of jason).
and jaqualin looks like jah-qwah-lin
and jacquelin is the only way i'd spell it.

but for me, it was the first name rhyming (almost) with the last name that was awful. i didn't have too much ofa problem with her middle name. :P

[sayga.livejournal.com]

ah, yes, i also like Jacklynn as an alternative spelling.

[heyitsrebecca.livejournal.com]

Jacklynn and Jaqualin are two different names, there's no proper phonetic way possible that they could be pronounced the same.
Not only that, but Jaqualin looks like Juh-quall-inn.. which I think was already stated.
I liked the first one better. =/

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I like it better!

[arbus.livejournal.com]

as awful as jacklynn was, this is worse because now it just looks like they didnt know how to properly spell jacqueline.

[bree019.livejournal.com]

Just switch the a to an e. Jaquelin. Not all better, but a vast improvement.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

i agree that when they changed the spelling they changed the pronunciation (and perhaps that was the reasoning for the change).

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

i don't think we can assume that different is wrong or ignorant. that seems unfair.

and perhaps because the mother is ukrainian, this spelling makes more sense to her side of the family. *shrug*

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

nothing is wrong with the "proper" spelling. but nothing is wrong with alternatives either.

my name is Madelynne and there are easily a dozen ways to spell that name. i don't really see it as an issue of there being a "proper" spelling. my way is just proper for me. :)

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

*shrug* well, fortunately she's absolutely adorable so they could have named her Dirt and she'd still be cute as a button!

http://pics.livejournal.com/ilovehounds/gallery/00006pw6

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

I understand/read some Ukrainian, and that is not possible. That spelling makes no sense in Ukrainian.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Well, Madelynne doesn't look strange and won't cause pronunciation confusion. I always prefer classic spellings, but I think Madelynne is all right.

But actually, I think there _is_ something wrong with the alternative "Jaqualin." It's random and odd-looking and confusing. I really think that in this case Jacqueline looks the most beautiful and will be the smallest PITA in terms of spelling and pronunciation.

But to each their own. Zoe's awesome :)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I agree wholeheartedly with that. It's the 'a' that irks me too

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

i wasn't saying that the spelling was ukrainian (or russian, which is her language). i was saying that in her family's limited understanding of english, this spelling might be phonetically more logical.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

PITA?

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i agree. i wasnt inferring that anyone was wrong, and most certainly not ignorant! she asked what we thought and my thoughts were that it looks worse than jacklynn (even though i really didnt like that one) and that it looks like a misspelling of jacqueline. thats it. i have no judgment really on what people name their kids, as i am fully aware i have zero bearing on the outcome and also have absolutely nothing invested. if theyre happy with it, thats great, and all that matters. she asked for our opinions, and i chimed in. no harm done, imo.

thats a good point about her being ukrainian, i had forgotten that piece.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I do like it a bit better than Jacklynn, but I still don't really care for it. I think they should've used this opportunity to realize funky spellings aren't all wonderful and switched to the regular spelling. Oh well!

[maude.livejournal.com]

All new babies look like frogs to me...no offense meant at all, I'm sure when I have a kid they'll try to hand it to me and I'll be like, "Eww! What is this gross thing?!" lol.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I don't like either one, but Jacklynn gets the correct pronunciation out of me. I want to say Ja-kwuh-lyn with the new spelling

I agree with an above poster that if the a were an e I would pronounce it correctly.

And she is adorable!

I really adore Jacqueline, and I think Zoe Jacqueline is great. One would think, if they can't figure out Jacqueline, then Zoe isn't going over super well either...

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

yah...good thing middle names are rarely written out.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

pain in the ass.

[aymen.livejournal.com]

I like it. :)I like different spelling of names. Either way, she's gorgeous!!

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

ditto this, that's the first thing I thought too...