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HelpRe: This name is oddly English....
in reply to a message by writerALD93
Not sure about the English bit, but with that spelling it's certainly odd.
I could understand anyone who heard the name and liked it but had never seen it written down making a guess at Sinjin; but it's still hard on the bearer to have to go through life explaining! Rather use the actual spelling. He'd still have to explain, probably, but at least he'd be explaining a genuine pronunciation instead of a spelling error.
Edited to add: my friend's grandmother when we were kids was a Mrs Saintjohn.
I could understand anyone who heard the name and liked it but had never seen it written down making a guess at Sinjin; but it's still hard on the bearer to have to go through life explaining! Rather use the actual spelling. He'd still have to explain, probably, but at least he'd be explaining a genuine pronunciation instead of a spelling error.
Edited to add: my friend's grandmother when we were kids was a Mrs Saintjohn.
This message was edited 2/15/2010, 10:24 PM
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