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[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

What is YOUR name?

Do you like it?

Have you ever wished you had a different name?  What was it?

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[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

My name is Hali Rose. I have always loved it. Couldn't pay me to change it ;)

Growing up, people CONSTANTLY mispronounced it. I'd get "Holly," "Hallie" like Halle Berry (this one bothered me the most), And "Hay-lee" when really it's pronounced "Hail-ee". Put that together with my very long, virtually unheard-of German (maiden) last name that starts with "Sch" and has lots of unnecessary letters, and I was a telemarketer's nightmare. The announcer at both my high school and college graduations butchered the crap out of it. my friends have always thought it was funny that no one could say my name right...and especially that even they couldn't remember how to spell it, haha.

But despite the occasional cringe at being called Hallie or Holly (people really don't know the rules of the English language anymore!) I always liked having a different name. I've never met another Hali who spells it the way that I do and I've also only met a couple of "Haleys/Hayleys" in my life. To me, spelling makes a big difference, especially if it changes the meaning of the name. (funny enough, I'm really not a fan of Haley).

Hali means "the sea" and I was raised on the water: sailing, swimming, crabbing, clamming, etc. very appropriate and I love my parents for picking a name that fits me so well.

Rose is for my great grandmother, so it's not just a filler. To be honest, even if it was a filler I'd still like it.

I actually thought I had TWO middle names for most of my life because my grandma wanted all her grand kids to have the 2nd mn of Jude, both boys and girls. My mom hated it and never put it on my birth certificate and so to spite my mom, my grandma always called me "Hali Rose Jude" it wasn't until recently that I found out it was never part of my real name! I was very happy :)

I now have my husband's common Irish last name, and people STILL say it wrong. Oh well!

[sictransitsuzy.livejournal.com]

Sorry if this sounds dumb but I can't figure out the difference between "Hay-lee" and "Hail-ee" :\

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on this one!! Both sound the same to me.

Maybe it's a regional pronunciation thing...

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

It is a regional thing...I was born and raised in NY so there's a big difference between the two (NY accents don't usually say "hay" for Hali). The difference is so slight and so it doesn't bother me like it used to when first moved to Florida...I was 12 then so I've since gotten over it ;)

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

It's okay, I forget that most people don't have the accent my parents had...I grew up in NY so no one pronounces it "Hay-lee," they pronounce it more like hail as in hail that falls from the sky. For most people there isn't a huge difference, so I don't mind be called "hay-lee" anymore. It used to bother me when I first moved to Florida, but I've gotten over it because it's not that big of a deal ;)