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HelpRe: Weird Spellings
in reply to a message by Rainya
Varying spellings has a long history in English: https://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/shakespearename.html
IRL the least conventional spelling of a name I've seen is Jaxxon for Jackson.
It's probably an urban myth but I did read in a magazine about a girl named KVIIIlyn for Caitlin (VII being eight in Roman numerals).
IRL the least conventional spelling of a name I've seen is Jaxxon for Jackson.
It's probably an urban myth but I did read in a magazine about a girl named KVIIIlyn for Caitlin (VII being eight in Roman numerals).
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Oh, it’s not a myth, at least not for CVIIIlyn. There was a story about a doctor trying to pronounce her name, and he ended up saying “civilian”.
VII is 7; VIII is 8. As I'm sure you know! But with that lowercase L, anyone would be confused.