What about changing the spelling of a normal name say .........Mathew instead of Matthew
This is one of my pet peeves.
People are idiots, plain and simple. True story:Someone asked my friend one time how did he spell his name because their son had the same name.
His reply was "Sean"
They they said, "Oh, that's interesting and haven't heard it spelled that way, our son's name is spelled SHAWN. Why did your parents spell your name that way?"
His reply "Because that's the correct way to spell it."
My friend is getting a PHD in classics and Sean was the original way (derived from Jean) to spell it.
Look, you want to spell your kid's name a different way to "be different" then knock yourself out but at LEAST learn the original way and don't come off looking like a complete moron and not even know how your kid's name was spelled.
thought at thinking I just made it up or heard about it.
Incidentally, I don't think there's such a thing as a "normal" name anymore. It seems like more and more boys and girls are being named with exotic monikers.
