re: rude?
13634 postsposted 20th Dec '08
Quoting ஐCall Me Mommy: Keep correcting them. Medicaid spelled Brookes Name wrong. Instead of 1 middle name she has 2 its Lynn ... [snip!] ... always Charlotte or Charlete or Something else...& I correct them EVERYTIME and i dont have a problem telling them.
yeah thats an important thing for them to need to spell your childs name correctly...at connors wic apt on thursday they they kept spelling his name COONER! lol...horrible
I'm due June 11th, have 1 child & live in Ada, Oklahoma
72 postsposted 21st Dec '08
My daughter's name is Zoe and apparently there are tons of variations...it's a little irritating but I just kindly remind people that should know the correct way it is spelled.
On a side note my paternal grandparents STILL spell my Mom's name wrong (Angie instead of Angi)....and I go by Nikki a lot, and everybody in my husbands family either spells it Nicky...or in the case of one grandmother spells it MICKEY. hm....
quoteOn a side note my paternal grandparents STILL spell my Mom's name wrong (Angie instead of Angi)....and I go by Nikki a lot, and everybody in my husbands family either spells it Nicky...or in the case of one grandmother spells it MICKEY. hm....
I have 2 kids & live in Arizona
posted 21st Dec '08
Quoting Look at the size of that: My daughter's name is Zoe and apparently there are tons of variations...it's a little irritating but ... [snip!] ... a lot, and everybody in my husbands family either spells it Nicky...or in the case of one grandmother spells it MICKEY. hm....lol@ mickey.
yeah i'm not rude when i correct anyone.i understand stranger not knowing..but family and friends...its so irritating. i was just asking if correcting them in general was rude. but i've thought about it and i don't think it is.
its important for my son especially when it comes to things like applications, medical needs etc.
I'm due June 11th, have 1 child & live in Ada, Oklahoma
386 postsposted 21st Dec '08
Quoting Look at the size of that: My daughter's name is Zoe and apparently there are tons of variations...
If we have a girl her name will be Zoey. We considered Zoë, cause that's how it's generally spelled here, but I don't want my kid having an umlaut in her name. Just keep it simple. (She'll be lucking out that her last name will be Habeck and not something crazy like Baumgaertner) Same with Zoé, no accents. We even played around with Zoie but decided that it looked too weird.
And Dejah, definitely correct people when they spell Connor's name wrong. It's his identity. He's not CONNER, (or COONER )he's CONNOR. And if someone doesn't like being corrected...they'll get over it.
I have 1 child & live in Berlin, Germany
posted 21st Dec '08
Quoting Dejah♡Connor's Mom: lol@ mickey. yeah i'm not rude when i correct anyone.i understand stranger not knowing..but family and ... [snip!] ... it and i don't think it is. its important for my son especially when it comes to things like applications, medical needs etc.
Sorry I misunderstood a little. So no, it's not rude at all. Just keep reminding them and hopefully sooner or later it will sink in lol
I have 2 kids & live in Arizona
posted 21st Dec '08
Quoting Schmetterling: If we have a girl her name will be Zoey. We considered Zoë, cause that's how it's generally spelled ... [snip!] ... his identity. He's not CONNER, (or COONER )he's CONNOR. And if someone doesn't like being corrected...they'll get over it.
LOL I know it is supposed to have Oomlots (no idea how to spell that) but I just left them off because nobody in America (at least not in Arizona) pays attention to them anyway. My middle name is Noel (with the oomlots) and everybody usually says it right. :/ A lot of my husbands family spelled Zoe "zoey" at first especially because he has a brother named Joey....but anyway I'm babbeling sorry...we just liked Zoe better, it just seemed right, as does any spelling to any parent who chooses how to spell their kids name lol
I have 2 kids & live in Arizona
313 postsposted 22nd Dec '08
I don't think its rude at all! If they spell it wrong once and you dont correct them, they will keep spelling it wrong! It's your kids name! I will be correcting my babies name if people mis-spell it!
quoteI have 1 angel baby & live in Alberta
1193 postsposted 22nd Dec '08
Nope, not rude at all!! Garyson gets Garrison ALL the time and I ALWAYS correct people.
He also gets called Grayson and I don't get mad at that mainly because I got an email a long time ago with the words spelled with the right letters, but the letterswere somewhat scrambled in each word, butI could still read it because our brains only need to see a few letters to understand the word. Does that make sense? If I find the email, I will post it.
Anyway, Grayson is so common that when people see Garyson their brains interpret it as Grayson. I just politely tell them it's Garyson. They usually feel dumb. LOL.
And we are wanting Ephraim for this one. I can only imagine the amount of mispronunciations and misspellings we are going to have to deal with on that name. Let's see...Efram, Ephram, Ephrum, Efrum, and being pronounced Ef-ray-m (like rain only raim) instead of Efrum. Grrrreat!!
quoteHe also gets called Grayson and I don't get mad at that mainly because I got an email a long time ago with the words spelled with the right letters, but the letterswere somewhat scrambled in each word, butI could still read it because our brains only need to see a few letters to understand the word. Does that make sense? If I find the email, I will post it.
Anyway, Grayson is so common that when people see Garyson their brains interpret it as Grayson. I just politely tell them it's Garyson. They usually feel dumb. LOL.
And we are wanting Ephraim for this one. I can only imagine the amount of mispronunciations and misspellings we are going to have to deal with on that name. Let's see...Efram, Ephram, Ephrum, Efrum, and being pronounced Ef-ray-m (like rain only raim) instead of Efrum. Grrrreat!!
I have 2 kids & 1 angel baby & live in Dawsonville, Georgia
