Is that Alyce, Elise or Eleese?
Is it just me or does everyone like a good speller?
Asradio announcers, Mark (the bloke I work with) and I meet hundreds of school kids every year – write hundreds of autographs - and we’re constantly amazed at the many and varied spellings of seemingly standard names.
The name Alyce – have you any idea how many ways that name can be spelled?
I've long suspected it was at epidemic proportions, this crazy spelling fad - and now it's official!
A social analyst has taken a look at all Australian births for 2007 – he found 12 different spellings for the name Jayden…nine for Aiden…eight each for Amelia and Tahlia…
The use of Y instead of I and C instead of K is also big with new parents - as in Lynkon for Lincoln.
But wanna know the truly bizarre thing? Apparently Gen Y parents are keen on creative spelling, because they're cranky about their childhoods....can you believe that?
Psychologists claim Gen Y was the first set of kids who had both parents at work and a high rate of divorce. Subsequently, they never felt special or valued as kids and the direct result is choosing names that make their children feel special.
How about that Kineesha Fae?
Asradio announcers, Mark (the bloke I work with) and I meet hundreds of school kids every year – write hundreds of autographs - and we’re constantly amazed at the many and varied spellings of seemingly standard names.
The name Alyce – have you any idea how many ways that name can be spelled?
I've long suspected it was at epidemic proportions, this crazy spelling fad - and now it's official!
A social analyst has taken a look at all Australian births for 2007 – he found 12 different spellings for the name Jayden…nine for Aiden…eight each for Amelia and Tahlia…
The use of Y instead of I and C instead of K is also big with new parents - as in Lynkon for Lincoln.
But wanna know the truly bizarre thing? Apparently Gen Y parents are keen on creative spelling, because they're cranky about their childhoods....can you believe that?
Psychologists claim Gen Y was the first set of kids who had both parents at work and a high rate of divorce. Subsequently, they never felt special or valued as kids and the direct result is choosing names that make their children feel special.
How about that Kineesha Fae?
posted by Caroline Hutchinson at 9:59 AM
1 Comments:
ahh yes and that would be why i spelt my son's name AarYn instead of boring old Aaron! LOL. yes perhaps i was mad at the old parents who drank themselves silly and then divorced once my childhood was over LOL,i guess i needed to make my youngest of 5 special indeed (the other 4 have 'standard boringly spelt names' LOL,) even his birthdate was different (9/7/97), I like the idea of being a Gen Y parent, in fact, i think that makes ME special FINALLY!!! success at last!! LOL!!
You hilarious Caroline, i love this!!
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