"Designer" names
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I don't really care if I'm being honest. I'm a huge fan of uncommon names, but common names spelt funky? Meh, that's a bit poncy but as long as their nice people, right?
I hate to break it to you, but if anything, Zack is the incorrect spelling. Zach is short for Zachary, Zack came about later because people couldn't handle the incredibly complex and crazy spelling of Zach.
OT: These wierd names do make me laugh. Like most of the guests on Jerry Springer that are called 'Shantarisaretta' or other such crazy names.
OT: These wierd names do make me laugh. Like most of the guests on Jerry Springer that are called 'Shantarisaretta' or other such crazy names.
Why is the Czech Republic pronounced like Check? My name is Christina, and it's not pronounced like Chuh-ristina, is it? I think you picked a bad example, since Zach is actually a correct and traditional spelling of a common, biblical name.The Bum said:
Now, onto egregious failures of naming. I'm glad you brought this up. It bugs me so much. I used to think it was just a thing that American celebrities did, but, no, it's spread to all corners of the globe, and to all variations of trailer trash and bogans.
Kristal instead of Crystal? Crystin instead of Kristen (which is already kind of a designer name in itself)? Aleesha instead of Alicia? Aden instead of Aidan (a real Irish name)? All these deliberate misspellings of names annoy me, or attempts to make your child's name 'unique' when it just marks them as a privileged WASP. There's basically an entire list of so-called "Modern Names" on Behind The Name [http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng-m.php] and I advise checking it out if you want to see some of these 'variations'.
Should we even get started on ghetto names? Okay, friends, there are traditional African and Arabic names which are perfectly justified and quite lovely, but then there are ones that you're just making up. Latreesha? Destinee? LaShawnte? The sad thing here is that these kids are unfairly marked by these names. It unduly prejudices people against them, and causes people to make inaccurate assumptions about their worth and intelligence. The fact that there was a Secretary of State called Condoleezza doesn't mean that discrimination isn't prevalent in the work place.
Statistics have shown that people with stereotypically ethnic names (I don't remember if it was specifically African-American names, or names associated with a wide variety of minorities) have their resumes passed over for those with stereotypically Anglo-Saxon names, regardless of how qualified they are. I have to ask why people would name their child something that they know is going to have a detrimental effect on their ability to find work and achieve in the future.
Put it this way; there's a reason nearly all of my Asian friends have alternate English names or nicknames they go by in Australia, and a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean name that's their real name at home. They know people are more likely to hire someone whose name they can pronounce, so they take on two names to help them fit into both worlds. I personally think that's really clever.
I also feel sorry for anyone named after a car. I actually know a girl named Portia Carrera.
Does the word "character" also bug you then? What about "Christianity"?The Bum said:
The hard ch sound is a fairly standard thing, just not particularly common.
I don't mind names that use foreign spellings, I hate names from people who can't spell. Who names their kid La-a (pronounced "La dash a" you say the dash, I always read it La ah) As for unique names it depends on the name. A kid named Storm sounds awesome but a kid called Sugamin (with the first part sounding the like sugar with no r) doesn't. Also those are all actual names from people I know.
Whenever I meet a person named "Shawn" and they spell it "Sean" I always try to make them annoyed by pronouncing it "Seen".
That'll teach 'em.
That'll teach 'em.
That poor kid is in for a life of being mocked with the nickname "Cialis".Danman1 said:
I know I've already commented, but this is so bad that I still have to ask the question. Why? Why do people do this to their children? Really? Why do they give them names that read like diseases or medical treatments? I know I'm going to see girls named Activia soon. Christ, it almost makes people being given names from WoW or in Klingon or Elvish or something look acceptable in comparison.
(Note: No, nobody has my permission to give their child a name in Elvish, Klingon or based on a fantasy character. But, then again, anyone who wants to name their child Azaroth or something probably isn't especially likely to produce that many children...)
But Sean is the correct Irish spelling...MagicMouse said:
Seriously, dude, Shawn is the bastardisation, and I hate seeing it spelled that way. oO
Attending a university with a substantial number of foreigners as left me exposed to quite a few interesting names, but it's always the horrendous misspelled anglo names that get to me:
Eg, Sindy, Cindy, Cindi, or Sindi? Apparently the middle two are acceptable as per Firefox's spellchecker. People are idiots anyway, so I can't really fault them for cursing their stupidity. That being said, should I ever have any offspring (godforbid), I'd name them after scientific terminology: inductivelycoupledplasma, h-bar, ruthenium, cardinality, tunnelingelectronmicroscopy, or theobromide. Yeah...those will be some unique children alright...
Eg, Sindy, Cindy, Cindi, or Sindi? Apparently the middle two are acceptable as per Firefox's spellchecker. People are idiots anyway, so I can't really fault them for cursing their stupidity. That being said, should I ever have any offspring (godforbid), I'd name them after scientific terminology: inductivelycoupledplasma, h-bar, ruthenium, cardinality, tunnelingelectronmicroscopy, or theobromide. Yeah...those will be some unique children alright...
A lot of those "weird written designer names" or just nothing as the foreign varieties of names that are ALSO used in english speaking cultures. So they are not really "wrong" per se
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But BTT: The growing (over-)usage of stupid madeup names is a topic not only when it comes to US-celebrities, but even here in good ol'germany.
Well again at first when it comes to the ridiculous so called (wannabe)celebs and their offsprings [creatures called windston-gonzales or jeremy-blue or cosma-shiva] and secondly to the lowclass monkeys who have to do everything the boulevard tells them to. So there are more than a few satirical parodies of those families and their Jeremy-Pascals and Shakira-Melodys or Cheroquee-Joens.
Actual Informations say that this trent has luckily come to an end, for now.
Sean is the "original" Irish spelling. well Séan or Seán are.
its really funny to try to annoy someone because his/her name isnt written like it is pronounced in english. Hardly a word in that language is.
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Given that your try of phonetical transcription is right, this is already an adaptation. Just assuming that its eastern - european the most probable transcription would be Wɔɪkɪçɔvskɪ or Wɔɪkɪxɔvskɪ or Wɔɪtʃɪçɔvskɪ though the most here wont know the international phonetic alphabet, it should be something like woytshikofskee or woytshi[ch]owski ( the [ch] being the phonetic sound of [x] like in Loch Ness)Swollen Goat said:
But BTT: The growing (over-)usage of stupid madeup names is a topic not only when it comes to US-celebrities, but even here in good ol'germany.
Well again at first when it comes to the ridiculous so called (wannabe)celebs and their offsprings [creatures called windston-gonzales or jeremy-blue or cosma-shiva] and secondly to the lowclass monkeys who have to do everything the boulevard tells them to. So there are more than a few satirical parodies of those families and their Jeremy-Pascals and Shakira-Melodys or Cheroquee-Joens.
Actual Informations say that this trent has luckily come to an end, for now.
Another good example for my post.MagicMouse said:
Sean is the "original" Irish spelling. well Séan or Seán are.
its really funny to try to annoy someone because his/her name isnt written like it is pronounced in english. Hardly a word in that language is.
take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough.
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead--it's said like bed, not bead;
For goodness sake, don't call it deed!
Watch out for meat and great and threat.
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.)
A moth is not a moth in mother;
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.
And here is not a match for there,
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear;
And then there's dose and rose and lose--
Just look them up--and goose and choose;
And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword.
And do and go, then thwart and cart.
Come, come, I've hardly made a start.
A dreadful language? Why man alive,
I learned to talk it when I was five;
Of tough and bough and cough and dough.
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, slough and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead--it's said like bed, not bead;
For goodness sake, don't call it deed!
Watch out for meat and great and threat.
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.)
A moth is not a moth in mother;
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.
And here is not a match for there,
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear;
And then there's dose and rose and lose--
Just look them up--and goose and choose;
And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword.
And do and go, then thwart and cart.
Come, come, I've hardly made a start.
A dreadful language? Why man alive,
I learned to talk it when I was five;
Zach is more correct, seeing as the long form is Zachary. Never heard of designer names before, but Krystal is one I've seen before. Just never knew they had a name. Anyways, no, I don't think it matters. It's not like you can change it.The Bum said:
Still, my name translates to 'Conquest' in english, so no complaints here.
Depends on your dialect for that one I suppose. Glaswegians say "deed".MagicMouse said:
You know that "Sean" is the classic Irish spelling, right? Your way of spelling it came after.MagicMouse said:
OT: The only thing about names is when people spell my name with a "w". Damn you Ewan McGregor!
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This man would like to have a word with you, Hunter S. ThompsonAnarchemitis said: