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in reply to a message by Magz
What gets me the most is the Lee- bit. I'm fine with the J. If she'd found a more intuitive alternate, European inspired spelling, I could maybe even get behind it, even though that goes against pretty much everything I've ever said about alternate spellings. Liam is just so downmarket to me that giving it that European twist would probably do nothing but improve it - Ljam, maybe? I mean, I wouldn't love, or even like, seeing it, but if I did I'd probably just think, "Oh, that's kind of clever." Like I say, it's definitely an exception for me, but I'd really be happy to not be seeing just another Liam.
Like the dead sea.
You told me I was like the dead sea.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/116467
You told me I was like the dead sea.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/116467
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Ljam is relatively clever, and I am not usually a Kre8tive speller (though I do like to use out-dated spellings).
I just can't get behind taking short, simple names and making them longer.
Ex: I know a little girl named Meighyah - Maya would be so much simpler.
I just can't get behind taking short, simple names and making them longer.
Ex: I know a little girl named Meighyah - Maya would be so much simpler.
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Yeah, I was having a look through Liam's international variants and found Viljami, which is Finnish, and thought why not? I don't know how well it would work in Finland, maybe someone on here will know better, but I still think it would be at least a little more interesting than Liam.
I'm definitely not a creative speller either, I prefer legitimate forms, so I totally agree with you. Meighya is dreadful.
I'm definitely not a creative speller either, I prefer legitimate forms, so I totally agree with you. Meighya is dreadful.
This message was edited 8/7/2014, 12:26 PM
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