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[Opinions] Re: Purposefully mispronounced names
Kieth reminds me of boys named Micheal. Their parents apparently don't know how to spell. I also went to school with a guy named Nicholas, except on his birth certificate it was spelled Nichloas, he said. Don't know if that was the truth or not.
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AngellaI knew a child named that, her mother said that they were aiming at Angela (rather than AnGELLa), but were "Young and dumb". The little girl was a first child.
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I work with a Tiffany whose birth certificate says Tefrany. Because this is on her birth certificate it's on all work related papers also. She says it's just a mistake that was never corrected. Maybe Micheal and Nichloas are mistakes also. Maybe it's the registrar that's stupid and not the parents.
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No, I know some people who just 'prefer' the spelling Micheal, etc.No doubt though that there have been mistakes made in recording down names, but you wouldn't expect them to be so frequent.
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LOLThe Nichloas thing reminds me of when my younger sister, Caroline, started HS she somehow got put into the school's system as "Carloine," so that name appeared on every roll list, etc until she finally got it fixed. That became a NN her friends call her now.
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Now would that be pronounced...car-low-een, or car-loin? Or something different.Any way, it's flippin' hilarious :)
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I know a guy named Micheal. Even though it's in the database as a legit name, I still find it confusing and it makes my eyes cross. It also reminds me of a friend I had in high school named Cristhina pronounced like Christina. She was really embarrassed and said as could she would correct the spelling.

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