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Help[Opinions] Re: WDYTO Kellyn
in reply to a message by Elana Leigh
Not a fan of most Y-replacing-the-original-vowel spellings. They come off as immature, juvevile and just all around bad.
No need to fix something that doesn't need to be fix. Other than that, the name itself is decent enough
No need to fix something that doesn't need to be fix. Other than that, the name itself is decent enough
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Immature? Names are Proper Nouns, a specific group of Nouns which allow for alternate spellings. Which vowel spelling is original? Notice Chaucer's, during the year span of approximately 1380 - 1396, skillful use of the letter 'Y' to pre-fix the word "clothed" into a participle. Here we see an example of the name 'Emily'. Please trust that the name Emily with all pronunciation and spelling variations precedes the current alphabet used in English. Although major changes of stylistic conventions occurred within the English Language before and throughout Chaucer's life, Chaucer's influence is still present in today's English language.
This maked Emelye have remembraunce
To doon honour to May, and for to ryse.
Yclothed was she fressh, for to devyse,
Hir yelow heer was broyded in a tresse,
Bihynde hir bak, a yerde long, I gesse,
And in the gardyn, at the sonne upriste,
She walketh up and doun, and as hir liste
She gadereth floures, party white and rede,
To make a subtil gerland for hir hede,
And as an aungel hevenysshly she soong.
This maked Emelye have remembraunce
To doon honour to May, and for to ryse.
Yclothed was she fressh, for to devyse,
Hir yelow heer was broyded in a tresse,
Bihynde hir bak, a yerde long, I gesse,
And in the gardyn, at the sonne upriste,
She walketh up and doun, and as hir liste
She gadereth floures, party white and rede,
To make a subtil gerland for hir hede,
And as an aungel hevenysshly she soong.
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