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My husband had a friend from high school named Mark. Mark started dating and later married a girl named Alisoun.
That's how her name was spelled, but it was pronounced just like Alison. When my husband and I realized how it was spelled (and I can't remember how we did, but somehow we did) we thought it strange. So I, being the somewhat nosy and a little bit tactless person I can sometimes be, asked Mark why her name was spelled that way. He told me that her parents were medieval history buffs, and that was the way Alison was spelled in medieval times, so that's why they spelled it like that.
My husband and I always jokingly called her Ali-SOWN after that, not to her face, of course.
I have no idea whether or not it's correct that Alisoun is the medieval spelling.
What do you think of this spelling? Do you know whether or not it is the medieval spelling? If it is, do you think that's a good enough reason to use this spelling?
That's how her name was spelled, but it was pronounced just like Alison. When my husband and I realized how it was spelled (and I can't remember how we did, but somehow we did) we thought it strange. So I, being the somewhat nosy and a little bit tactless person I can sometimes be, asked Mark why her name was spelled that way. He told me that her parents were medieval history buffs, and that was the way Alison was spelled in medieval times, so that's why they spelled it like that.
My husband and I always jokingly called her Ali-SOWN after that, not to her face, of course.
I have no idea whether or not it's correct that Alisoun is the medieval spelling.
What do you think of this spelling? Do you know whether or not it is the medieval spelling? If it is, do you think that's a good enough reason to use this spelling?
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