I've decided that I'm going to use
Alys, no matter what people think of it. It's a Medieval spelling of
Alice and has been a favorite for a long time. I don't like
Alice at all - it's whiny and prissy to me, whereas
Alys is not. (I have the same problem with Eleanor/Elinor.) Even odder is the fact that two of my favorite authors are named
Alice -
Alice Munro and
Alice Hoffman.
Opinions? Thoughts? Middle names?