All those that believe that JoHanna’s parents named her that way, go jump off that cliff right there.
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Yeah, I figured you were all safe. That, or Darwin Award Winners.
AND, you think that her parents named her that? Sure, I’ve seen people do dumb things with the naming of their kids. (Infamously, a local weatherman has a named that’s typed “Sean” and pronounced “Seen,” because his mother didn’t know that “Shawn” and “Sean” were pronounced the same and she named his brother Shawn. True story.) And the proliferation of “la” and “ja” and all that, attached to names, like “LaDonna” or “Lashawn,” prevalent in POC communities.
But these creative spellings, like “Danyell,” most of those are, I think, largely “creative” spellings adopted by the person themselves. Almost every time I meet someone with a cutesy name, it’s not how it’s spelt on their DL.
I always wonder why the people that adopt those spellings, or, even more, the parents that do that crap, realize that prospective employers, down the road, are affected by those spellings, when they review resumes, and not in a positive way, generally speaking?
My day job is in health insurance, where I see names all day long. I have seen literally thousands of children given cutesy, “creative” names and variations. In my experience, most people with “alternative” names have been stuck with ’em (the exception being hippies, of course).
Uh, I know a lot of people who were given that brand of kry8tyve name at birth. I know a SuZann. JuliAn (pronounced “Julie Anne.”) Yohawnne. Jazzime (pronounced Jasmine, of course.) Soux (pronounced “sigh.”)
B.L. Alley
4 years ago
It’s like they were trying out different titles and placement when someone showed up with cake.
B.L. Alley
4 years ago
Could have done something like this. The real issue is the image itself. Not a lot of room, and I’ve seen it all over the place.
All those that believe that JoHanna’s parents named her that way, go jump off that cliff right there.
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Yeah, I figured you were all safe. That, or Darwin Award Winners.
Given that I met an adult woman named “Danyell” this past week, I don’t doubt that people who are old enough to write novels can have stupid names.
AND, you think that her parents named her that? Sure, I’ve seen people do dumb things with the naming of their kids. (Infamously, a local weatherman has a named that’s typed “Sean” and pronounced “Seen,” because his mother didn’t know that “Shawn” and “Sean” were pronounced the same and she named his brother Shawn. True story.) And the proliferation of “la” and “ja” and all that, attached to names, like “LaDonna” or “Lashawn,” prevalent in POC communities.
But these creative spellings, like “Danyell,” most of those are, I think, largely “creative” spellings adopted by the person themselves. Almost every time I meet someone with a cutesy name, it’s not how it’s spelt on their DL.
I always wonder why the people that adopt those spellings, or, even more, the parents that do that crap, realize that prospective employers, down the road, are affected by those spellings, when they review resumes, and not in a positive way, generally speaking?
You know Sean McLaughlin?
Sean McLaughlin the weatherdude? Sure. Not personally, but he’s in my neck of the woods.
He was in mine for a long time, also. Still is, technically.
??? So, you WERE in Phoenix, or Scottsdale, Glendale, etc and then, what, moved out of the Valley?
I did, thankfully. We moved to California in 2001, than to cooler pastures in AZ in 2003
My day job is in health insurance, where I see names all day long. I have seen literally thousands of children given cutesy, “creative” names and variations. In my experience, most people with “alternative” names have been stuck with ’em (the exception being hippies, of course).
Uh, I know a lot of people who were given that brand of kry8tyve name at birth. I know a SuZann. JuliAn (pronounced “Julie Anne.”) Yohawnne. Jazzime (pronounced Jasmine, of course.) Soux (pronounced “sigh.”)
It’s like they were trying out different titles and placement when someone showed up with cake.
Could have done something like this. The real issue is the image itself. Not a lot of room, and I’ve seen it all over the place.