That being said, by just reading it, I too would assume [name]Issac[/name] was pronounced Is-sac, with a short I, and that [name]Vivianna[/name] was [name]Vivi[/name]-an-na not [name]Vivi[/name]-ah-na.
I obviously never brought it up to her. I just thought it would be an interesting thing to talk about on here.
But I certainly was never trying to insult this woman’s intelligence. I don’t want to come off as a know-it-all or pretentious, I just had to wonder how that spelling came about, because I too have misspelled [name]Isaac[/name] quite a few times on accident. But maybe it wasn’t a misspelling and she wanted it like that. I don’t know.
[name]Issac[/name] is a legitimate spelling, although I agree I want to pronounce it differently than [name]Isaac[/name] on first glance. Something more like ISS-sack than I-zack.
[name]Vivianna[/name] could be pronounced either way, I guess. The extra N does seem a little unnecessary.
I’ve come across [name]Issac[/name] on census records as early as the 1790s (when the US began taking a federal census). I definitely prefer [name]Isaac[/name], but [name]Issac[/name] certainly has its own legitimate history not as a misspelling.
I don’t see a problem with [name]Vivianna[/name].
[name]Issac[/name] bothers me. Since [name]Vivianna[/name] is kind of a smush name the spelling is ok with me…though I like just plain [name]Vivian[/name] or [name]Vivian[/name] [name]Anna[/name] nn [name]Vivi[/name] [name]Anna[/name] a ton better…
[name]Issac[/name] is somewhere in the 400’s on the SSA popularity lists, so I’d assume it was intentional, rather than a misspelling. The [name]Anna[/name]/[name]Ana[/name] pronunciation thing seems to be regional, so it’s entirely possible she’s used to them being pronounced the same.
Out of all the variations of spellings I cannot believe the gripe is over spelling [name]Isaac[/name] as [name]Issac[/name]. First the 2 a’s seems stupid to me whether it is the original spelling or not and considering I have seen [name]Isaac[/name] spelled as [name]Izak[/name] the double s version is not so bad. [name]How[/name] about we concentrate on people using pre-existing words and pronouncing them differently to make it into a name (Ration pronounced as [name]Rayshawn[/name]) or using apostrophes/dashes when they are not needed (La-a pronounced [name]Ladasha[/name]). I work in an area where I see these crazy names all day every day. I named my son [name]Issac[/name] and I am glad I spelled it that way. It suits him very well. Someone has to stick up for the name.
I know a little girl named Jewli@nna and that spelling has forever bugged me…