People I know:
Barton Bartle – he is a teacher at my school, now try saying that name five times fast
Richard Slutter – or “Dick” Slutter if you will, a student at my school, and if that is not bad enough, Dick Slutter has a stutter (he is a very sweet boy though)
Sparkle Wisdom – a former classmate of mine
I cannot remember his last name, but at my old high school there was a boy several years my junior named Nimrod… I do not jest.
A friend of mine’s sister just had a baby boy, his name is Lincoln Park
What surprises me is than no one has suggested one of the many horrendous names of “Lindsey” it has been spelled: Lindsay, Lyndsay, Lyndsey, Lyndsei, Lynsai, Lindzy, Linzay, Lynzee, Linsay, and so many more spellings my eyes go googly.
Interesting note for the poor child named, Gennavieve Luaraleigh, Luraleigh is obviously an atrocious variant of Loreley. This person gets an ‘F’ for research because the “ley” is not pronounced like “lee” or in this case “leigh” because it is a Germanic name and the first vowel is always silent so it sounds like “lie.” Also, it would be nice to mention that the Loreley a folklore about a siren who lives on the Rhine River and lures sailors to their deaths upon the rocks.
Sincerely,
L.A. Kopp
p.s. yes, these are my actual initials and last name
Amazing. A whole f***ing list of alternate spellings of “Lindsay”, and they still don’t have the first spelling that I was exposed to, having had a classmate with this name dating all the way back to kindergarten: Lynze. There’s one in there that’s close, having both the ridiculous Y and the ridiculous Z, but that had two E’s while my former classmate had just one. I swear, when I first walked into class and saw that nametag (having been able to read at a very early age), I thought the girl’s name was pronounced “Lines”.
This site really is a blessing, though. My last name is (normal first name)son, and I had every intention of naming my first-born son (same first name), if only because so many confused telemarketers have called asking for someone with that name and I’d love to be able to respond to that by handing the phone to a 2-year-old, but I’ve thought better of it now.