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Help[Opinions] Alys
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I've never actually considered using this name, as I've thought that people would see it as a creative spelling. I don't care anymore. I ran it past my husband and he okayed it.
I've never actually considered using this name, as I've thought that people would see it as a creative spelling. I don't care anymore. I ran it past my husband and he okayed it.
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I don't like Alice, but I do like Alys a lot.
The not-liking-Alice makes Alys unusable for me as a first name - because people would hear it and picture Alice, and that'd bother me.
People might see it as a creative spelling, and for me, it would be. But I don't care, it's not *that* creative even so. No more creative than Alyson or Madelyn. And less so because hey, you can look it up and see it's an "official" form.
It's as teachable as any alternate spelling. People have to teach each other how to spell their names all the time - Elisabeth with an S, Catherine with a C, Maya vs Maia ... it's really no biggie.
The not-liking-Alice makes Alys unusable for me as a first name - because people would hear it and picture Alice, and that'd bother me.
People might see it as a creative spelling, and for me, it would be. But I don't care, it's not *that* creative even so. No more creative than Alyson or Madelyn. And less so because hey, you can look it up and see it's an "official" form.
It's as teachable as any alternate spelling. People have to teach each other how to spell their names all the time - Elisabeth with an S, Catherine with a C, Maya vs Maia ... it's really no biggie.
This message was edited 3/1/2020, 8:57 PM
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Your first point occurred to me after my post. People are going to still see it as Alice with the associations.
my problem is that there are so many amazing I was just out there and I wish I could like it just because of them. Alice Roosevelt, Alice Walker, Alice Munro, Alice Liddell, Alice Hoffman, my great-aunt, a female minister I knew. all these powerful, intelligent women and yet my name gives off of vibe of being weak and vapid.
my problem is that there are so many amazing I was just out there and I wish I could like it just because of them. Alice Roosevelt, Alice Walker, Alice Munro, Alice Liddell, Alice Hoffman, my great-aunt, a female minister I knew. all these powerful, intelligent women and yet my name gives off of vibe of being weak and vapid.
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Sorry for the errors
I really cannot use voice to text unless I have an account and can edit my post. And I don't want a account. So I guess I'm going to have to just go to the computer or use the keyboard.
I really cannot use voice to text unless I have an account and can edit my post. And I don't want a account. So I guess I'm going to have to just go to the computer or use the keyboard.
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I much prefer Alice because I like the frilly, femme aspect, but Alys is very nice. Out in the real world people are more likely to applaud what they think is a creative spelling than they are on here. And if you run into somebody who doesn’t, all you have to do is explain that it’s the legitimate Welsh version.
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I love love love Alys, though I don't plan to use it because I know I'd always have to correct the spelling... sounds annoying. But I think it's just lovely and I do prefer it over Alice.
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I don't see names that are spelled differently but are pronounced identically to be really different, and I've never cared for Alice, so....
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I really don’t care for it.
Not so much because of the spelling, more so just because I don’t like the sounds of it, and it mostly reminds me of Alice in Wonderland...I’ve never actually met anyone with the name, so I have no personal associations with it.
Not so much because of the spelling, more so just because I don’t like the sounds of it, and it mostly reminds me of Alice in Wonderland...I’ve never actually met anyone with the name, so I have no personal associations with it.
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