Sorry if this has already been posted, I just thought it may be funny to some!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamipack/16-things-only-people-with-unique-names-will-under-ij8h
WARNING: Some bad language.
Sorry if this has already been posted, I just thought it may be funny to some!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamipack/16-things-only-people-with-unique-names-will-under-ij8h
WARNING: Some bad language.
These were great! [name_f]My[/name_f] name has gotten more popular as I have gotten older- now when I introduce myself, people usually tell me about a baby they know with my name.
I still use a fake restaurant name, though. I have had the most luck with [name_m]Abraham[/name_m]. I tried [name_f]Jen[/name_f], but then people often hear [name_f]Jane[/name_f] or [name_u]June[/name_u] or [name_u]Jan[/name_u]. No one messes up [name_m]Abraham[/name_m].
I saw this too! I seem to be more concerned about problems like this than other berries. Although, to be fair, I’m sure there are amazing things too that balance it out. I liked the comments section too, so you can see people’s real experiences with a unique name.
I agree with all of these except 16. [name_f]My[/name_f] name is [name_f]Giulia[/name_f] and my daughter is [name_f]Karin[/name_f]. I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] having an unusual name and I hope she does as well.
I agree with this 100%. I try to steer away from weird names for these reasons.
Two happens to loads of people in my class (one of my best friends especially and me included), and number 3 happens all the time. [name_f]My[/name_f] names [name_f]Jamilah[/name_f], that’s with one l, one i and a h! It’s not even that unique, but I do love being the only person in a school of 900 with the name!
Unfortunately, a name doesn’t have to be unusual for people to get it wrong. It doesn’t help when there are a bunch of variants floating around out there. [name_f]My[/name_f] name is [name_f]Lauren[/name_f] and I’ve been called almost every Laur-/Lor- name I can think of at some point. If it’s someone I’ve only met once or twice, fair enough, it’s easy to forget. When someone’s known me for months or years and still can’t get my name right (or spell it right), it really bugs me!
That thing made me laugh so much and I can completely relate. I agree with all of them except the last one. I always found these things funny and they certainly make life interesting so I plan to give any future children a name just as unusual as mine. I’d much rather have an unusual name than know several other people with the same name as me.
I saw this the other day and I can relate so much! [name_f]My[/name_f] name is [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] and it gets butchered wherever I go. However, I also really enjoy having an unusual name. None of these things are going to stop me giving my future children uncommon names
I agree with [name_f]Lauren[/name_f] I’m an [name_f]Ebony[/name_f] and my name gets messed up all the time
[name_f]My[/name_f] uncle gave me a birthday card in [name_u]January[/name_u] addressed to an [name_f]Ebany[/name_f], I always get asked to spell my name (it’s e-b-o-n-y not i-e) and in [name_f]Malaysia[/name_f] my name was spelt Abany. The killer in Australia [name_f]Ebony[/name_f]'s top 100 while my sister and brothers names are always correct and my sisters name has never ranked (it’s [name_f]Adele[/name_f]). [name_f]My[/name_f] mum however has all those issues she has given up giving her first name to strangers she says just put my last name its Sm!th she gets [name_f]Elsbeth[/name_f] on so many documents it’s [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f].
Yeah, I’m a [name_f]Karen[/name_f] with the same issue. It contains five letters, it’s an extremely well known basic name and there isn’t really another way to spell it but people butcher it all the time with extra 'r’s or ask me if it’s ‘with a C’??
It’s much easier to just start by saying ‘I’m [name_u]Ren[/name_u].’
[QUOTE]Originally Posted by bonfireazalea View Post
Unfortunately, a name doesn’t have to be unusual for people to get it wrong. It doesn’t help when there are a bunch of variants floating around out there. My name is Lauren and I’ve been called almost every Laur-/Lor- name I can think of at some point. If it’s someone I’ve only met once or twice, fair enough, it’s easy to forget. When someone’s known me for months or years and still can’t get my name right (or spell it right), it really bugs me!
Yeah, I’m a [name_f]Karen[/name_f] with the same issue. It contains five letters, it’s an extremely well known basic name and there isn’t really another way to spell it but people butcher it all the time with extra 'r’s or ask me if it’s ‘with a C’??[/QUOTE]
I’m [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] and I get nametags, letters in the post, birthday cards from my family, posts on facebook etc… all with my name spelled [name_f]Rachael[/name_f].
Once I even got a coffee in Starbucks with Rechel on it and I have a friend who spells my name Raichll for some reason - I mean that really just looks like a random collection of letters!
I have met a [name_f]Karin[/name_f], [name_f]Karyn[/name_f], and [name_f]Caryn[/name_f] - so yes there are several ways that [name_f]Karen[/name_f] can be spelled.
@[name_u]Ren[/name_u] I know a [name_f]Karen[/name_f] said Care-yn and a [name_f]Caryn[/name_f] as [name_f]Karen[/name_f]
[name_f]My[/name_f] name is [name_f]Marianne[/name_f] and the only problems I have had with it are
But despite all that, I still love my name.
What I meant was that it’s not like [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] or [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] where there are two very common standardised spellings. Danish [name_f]Karen[/name_f] (short form of [name_f]Katharina[/name_f]) is originally spelt thusly.
Yeah, I’m [name_f]Megan[/name_f]. I know that sounds like it should be a no brainer, but in pronunciation it’s not. There is [name_f]MAY[/name_f]-gan and then there is [name_f]MEG[/name_f]-ann. I am a [name_f]Meg[/name_f], thank you very much. And I’m not afraid to correct people when they say it wrong. (I think I may have corrected my husband so fiercely when we first met that he doesn’t say my name all that much, for fear of getting it wrong… lol). Then you get into the whole ‘h’ debacle. A lady at Starbucks asked if it had an ‘h’ in it and I answered no, and she said “Yeah, that’s what I should have done for my daughter. She has an ‘h’ and I don’t know what I was thinking!” In my experience it’s actually rare for [name_f]Megan[/name_f] to spelled like mine: simple.
[name_u]Madison[/name_u] does NOT have any of those problems, but what it does have are:
Another [name_f]Lauren[/name_f], here. It’s also no fun that my name rhymes with borin’… I don’t mind having plenty of other people with my name or variants of it, thought; I like meeting them and having an instant bond because of our name.
[name_f]Megan[/name_f], I have an aunt who spells her name the same as you, but pronounces it mee-gan, which is apparently the common pronunciation in Australia.
[name_f]My[/name_f] daughter is [name_f]Jemima[/name_f], and she’s come home from nursery school with “[name_f]Jemimah[/name_f]” written on her art work by an adult. Going to the doctor, we’ve had her called “[name_m]Jam[/name_m]-mimma” and “[name_u]Jem[/name_u]-eeema”. While my little one is named for the biblical [name_f]Jemima[/name_f], it is easier these days to just tell people that it’s like the pancake mix. I’ve been stunned at how few people know [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] Puddleduck, a standard read during my childhood.
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]