Why?

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

On the coattails of Heaven spelled as Nevaeh, I bring you a name I just saw, Rehtaeh. Get ii? It's Heather spelled backwards! Face palm!!!!

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[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

As a NICU nurse, my mom took care of a baby named Semaj. After his father, James. *sigh*

[okay-here-i-am.livejournal.com]

I have seen that one fairly often lately for some reason...

[politicking.livejournal.com]

I have also seen that name!!! What a train wreck.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I've seen it too! Pronounced "seh-mah-jay" *headdesk*

[redfield79.livejournal.com]

Hahaha I joked with my husband that we should name our daughter Eiram because it's my middle name spelled backwards! But no.

[raze--the-rose.livejournal.com]

Wow. Does this mean we're in for a slew of kids named Refinnej, Terb, or Derf? LOL

[behindgrey-eyes.livejournal.com]

DERF XDD

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Derf is an appropriate word for what these parents are doing. It's beyond Derp. It's Derf.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Are we actually going to mock the name of a teenager who committed suicide after she was raped and bullied? (Unless there are other Rehtaehs in the news lately.)

[sliveredlight.livejournal.com]

This. I'm all for questioning the sanity of a name choice, but at least mention context. Incidentally, I was aware of the incident and didn't connect the Heather-backwards thing.

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

mte. i noticed it when i read the article but i was too busy being sad for the poor girl and her family.

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

Yep. I literally just read the article about it before coming over here. Her poor parents, it must've been so hard to watch their child suffer through ridicule and depression and so much constant bullying. I hope her spirit is at rest now.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I was about to come on here and say this. Yes, dreadful name but there it a time and a place and this isn't it.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I thought I had just seen it somewhere.. :(

[roxtarrr.livejournal.com]

Seriously. I was really taken aback by the tone of this post.

Really hoping it's just a coincidence with bad timing...

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Not all of us were aware of this...

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure the person who posted it was.

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

You don't know me so don't assume you do. If you read my reply to an earlier comment you will see that it was indeed an unfortunate coincidence. I just recently joined a page from my old high school friends and have been coming across some very off putting names, this happened to be one of them.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

First, I feel horrible that this poor girl had to go through something so horrible. As someone whose been through all three of those things I know it's simply overwhelming and horrible.

Her name still sucks, just because of what happened does not make her name ANY better. No one was making fun of HER, more of her parents who named her a HORRIBLE name. No one here (I read all the comments) made any comment about her as a person or her troubles. Her parents saddled her with a horrible name and well what happened to her was not the point of this post. People don't become untouchable upon death.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly.

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

I unfortunately didn't see the news story, I had to look it up when I read your comment. I saw this name on Facebook, she is the toddler niece of a high school friend.

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

Wow, I don't know if that makes it better or worse. Ugh, I truly dislike the backwards spelling trend. On a different forum there was a person (still not sure if it was a troll or not) who was set on using names like Evol and Ecaep. Because it makes it meaningful if it's backwards. Oh, and off the wall stuff too like Ospice. It was definitely, um, not my style. I mean, your kid, your choice but wow.

[rekkless.livejournal.com]

Rehtaeh .... I just saw this too, on fb i think. *facepalm*

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

Yeah I read that too. I feel badly for her, I just read about her death. It makes me sick. :(

[http://users.livejournal.com/-dahling-/]

How do you pronounce that?

[behindgrey-eyes.livejournal.com]

I kinda want to say Reh-tay-uh. Could be wrong.

[blueorange94.livejournal.com]

I just watched a news video about it. That's exactly how it's pronounced, emphasis on the Tay.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

No, just no.

I once met a Sixela... Father was Alexis.