Teachers: the names you will never name your own kids

[ASTalumna06]

The woman who sits in the cubicle next to mine just put in a phone order for flowers to be delivered to a family member (maybe her sister-in-law?) who just had a baby today. The message she wanted to send with the flowers included the baby's name, and when she said it, I was happy to hear it was a normal name. And then she spelled it:

Jerimy.

Why is that necessary? Even Google asked me, "Did you mean: Jeremy?"

[chi-o_cat]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Jerimy.

Why is that necessary? Even Google asked me, "Did you mean: Jeremy?"

“Welcome to the world, little one. You are about to experience an entire lifetime of having your name misspelled.”

[tinydancer]

Another example of imagining how a name will look in the newspaper. I saw an obituary where the lady's grandchildren were listed:
Maya, Olivia, Espn and Mia.
I'm guessing it is pronounced like Estevan?

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by tinydancer

Another example of imagining how a name will look in the newspaper. I saw an obituary where the lady's grandchildren were listed:
Maya, Olivia, Espn and Mia.
I'm guessing it is pronounced like Estevan?

I've heard of it pronounced Es-pen. More than one couple has named their child after the sports channel. Wikipedia says there's a least 22 kids with such a moniker.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

The woman who sits in the cubicle next to mine just put in a phone order for flowers to be delivered to a family member (maybe her sister-in-law?) who just had a baby today. The message she wanted to send with the flowers included the baby's name, and when she said it, I was happy to hear it was a normal name. And then she spelled it:

Jerimy.

Why is that necessary? Even Google asked me, "Did you mean: Jeremy?"

Originally Posted by chi-o_cat

“Welcome to the world, little one. You are about to experience an entire lifetime of having your name misspelled.”

Could "Jerimy" be a family spelling?

Sometimes there is a history behind names. For example, a friend of mine is named “Tymothy” – which is more commonly spelled as and pronounced the same as “Timothy”. Tymothy had been passed down some six or seven (maybe more) generations in his family. He said that as a kid, he didn’t like having to correct or confirm the spelling. But as he got older, he better appreciated the family history and took pride in its unique spelling.

When he got to college, he got the nickname of “Ty” - which is pronounced “tie”. There is an interesting history of Ty as well. Ty came about because his freshman college roommate started out pronouncing his name as “Tie-moth-ee” (with an exaggerated British accent). A few weeks later, the roommate shorten it to Ty - and the nickname stuck. Now he uses both names: Tymothy as his official or full first name, and Ty as his nickname.