Strange names?

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

I work at Build-a-Bear and I am always coming across spellings that make me go HUH????

See if you can guess these (they're all real, swear to God):

S'enyce

Uhmaiuh

Aahmia

Uhlaynuh

Aymburleigh

That's all I can think of right now, but I'll be back with more.

Comments

[landslideoflove.livejournal.com]

...uh....what? :|

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

They're insane spellings of completely normal names. I write down the crazy ones I get at work.

[imamaryanne.livejournal.com]

Senice
Amaya
Amaya
Elena
Amber Lee
??

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

Good job! The first one, however, is pronounced...

Essence.

I wish I could explain why.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

My middle name is Elena so Uhlaynuh especially makes me cringe. :(

[landslideoflove.livejournal.com]

Oh I got that! Just didnt get wtf these names are supposed to be! haha.

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

ohhh lol gotcha :)

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

I apologize for the trauma, bb :(

[landslideoflove.livejournal.com]

Poor kids tho :( such horror.

[behindgrey-eyes.livejournal.com]

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[rosabelle.livejournal.com]

Sence? o.O
Amaya
Alaina
Amberly

[fangirlism]

Are these the kids' names, or the bears' names?

ETA: They're horrible either way, but A LOT more forgivable if these were names little kids came up with for their stuffed animals.

[imamaryanne.livejournal.com]

Essence? I don't even see that.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

Oh Dean! :)

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

Hahaha they're kid's names.

Teens can be really horrible naming them sometimes, I had these guys name a reindeer "Chubby Cox" and I told them to get out.

We also got a panda named "Nutsack" once.

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

The S is said as the "Es" part and I don't really understand the rest. It's a nonstop horror show.

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

The first one is Essence lolol

[missj0nes.livejournal.com]

These are so horrible! Every child's nightmare :/

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I know you swear they're real, but I refuse to believe that. :P

And if you tell me they're really real, I'm plugging my ears and LALALAing.

These names are simply too atrocious for real life.

[fellclutch.livejournal.com]

S'enyce doesn't say Essence. Even if we are to believe that the first S makes the "Es" sound, the rest still doesn't make -sense. Literally and figuratively.

[zombiemombie.livejournal.com]

All of this.

[zombiemombie.livejournal.com]

I got them all except for "Essence"... I thought it was pronounced like "Séance"... Ya know, Ouija board,.. séance,... that kind of thing? Huh.

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

That's how I thought it was as well!

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

The last half is supposed to read as "ense" but it makes no fucking sense to me. I stared at it for five minutes when I saw it for the first time. It makes no sense at all and I just can't deal.

[avec-bonheur.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

I really wish I was kidding, bb. I don't know what's wrong with Elena or Amaya and why there have to be a zillion extra letters. We all keep track of weird names we get at work (I got a Rivyr last week uggggggggh STOP IT)

[avec-bonheur.livejournal.com]

Aymburleigh.

Aymburleigh.

Aymburleigh.


I just can't.

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

I have perfected a straightface, thank God.

[avec-bonheur.livejournal.com]

Hahaha no kidding!

[fellclutch.livejournal.com]

Parents are going for names so unique, they defy the alphabet.

[pleasure-past.livejournal.com]

I can't tell what any of those are supposed to be. :l

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Ugh! I think I even prefer the 'y' trend over this (Madisyn) and that says something! ;)

I read up there that S'enyce is supposed to be Essence?! That's...not possible with those letters. Even if the S is really pronounced as an S, it would be...Ess-en-iss.

Crazy people.

[annika-j.livejournal.com]

I am storing this phrase in my memory banks for future use.

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

S'enyce= Sensei or straight up Sense is all I could manage with this one

Uhmaiuh Amaya?

Aahmia Same Amaya

Uhlaynuh Elana or Alana however you want to spell it (Ah-lane-ah)

Aymburleigh Amber-lee

Did I get it right?

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

ESSENCE?? Okay fine, I can see the S' and if they dropped the y it might work out phonetically. But really was regular Essence too hard for a kid to spell without jacking it all around and adding an apostrophe? Geez.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

And people thought it was bad that I know an Alaina and Alanna.

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you.

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

All except Essence! It's literally the worst name I've ever come across :/

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

As a teacher who sees spelling mistakes all the time, and gets asked how to spell words frequently, I can tell you that kids would NEVER come up with such horrid spellings.

[flyingwild.livejournal.com]

Alana/Alanna is not the same as Elena - Elena is from Spanish origins, while Alanna/Alana is Celtic/Irish.

(my name is Alana, and one of my biggest pet peeves is when people pronounce it like Elena. The middle syllable is completely different, damnit!)

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but, Elena is regularly pronounced "uh-lane-uh", and Alanna/Alana as "uh-lan-uh", right? I just ask, because the Alanna I know pronounces her name as "uh-lane-uh".

(Nothing like getting your name mispronounced :()

[flyingwild.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the late late response!

I've seen people go either way on how to pronounce Alana, but the more common/proper pronunciation is like "uh-lah-nuh". I've definitely seen people who pronounce it like Elena, though.

That's how I pronounce my name, anyway, and people getting it wrong (and even arguing with me at times!) is a huge pet peeve of mine.

[belle-journee.livejournal.com]

My best friend's name is Alena (the E is a long E). It annoys the hell out of her when someone pronounces it as Elena.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

No problem :).

I've learned to never argue people's names with them; I figure they should know better than me! I imagine it can be a huge pet peeve, so I try to pay attention to how that person pronounces their name.