Re: WDYT of Leakim?
in reply to a message by Ylva
There is a well-known citizen of Jamaica who was born Michael James but has changed his name to Leahcim Semaj:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20041106T230000-0500_69004_OBS_DR_LEAHCIM_SEMAJ__THE_ONE_WHO_CAME_TO_TURN_THINGS_AROUND.asp
With Nevaeh and Semaj both now being popular in the USA, it seems like backspellings are becoming a regular way to create new names all over the literate world. :)
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20041106T230000-0500_69004_OBS_DR_LEAHCIM_SEMAJ__THE_ONE_WHO_CAME_TO_TURN_THINGS_AROUND.asp
With Nevaeh and Semaj both now being popular in the USA, it seems like backspellings are becoming a regular way to create new names all over the literate world. :)
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Oh, is Semaj popular?
At least it is easer to spell than Nevaeh.
Interesting story about Leahcim Semaj.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
At least it is easer to spell than Nevaeh.
Interesting story about Leahcim Semaj.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)