Do you find this spelling cre8tiv?
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Do you find this spelling cre8tiv?
| Mon, 11-15-2004 - 9:34am |
All this talk about creative spellings has got me thinking. Now, my 3 y/o dd's name is Alysa (a-LIHS-ah). It is not a made up name or anything, it is actually of Greek origin meaning Princess. Anyway, we did not chose this spelling over Alyssa so my dd would be unique in school. That was the furthest thing from my mind when we chose her name. And I am more than prepared for her to be Alysa D. if necessary once she starts school. We just fell in love with the look of the name and just much preferred it over the spelling Alyssa. It was a personal choice. I don't consider the name to be a creative spelling, what do you guys think?
Janet~
Jaclyn Kay 1/97
Alysa Marie 4/3
Baby Boy EDD 2/24 Kyle Patrick

To me, a name can't be spelled creatively.. creative use of a name is choosing a name that while spelled properly, isn't used much. For example, naming my daughter Jessamine, to me is more creative than naming her Emily, but spelling it Emilee.
Spelling a name differently is neat, as long as the pronunciation of that spelling is intuitive.. I don't have to study it for 10 minutes (or worse, ask) if it's pronounced Emily or Emmie-lee. KWIM? If it's not intuitive.. it's not a creative name, it's an ugly name. (Your Alysa, will have to spell her name for folks, but at least it's pronounced the same.. which'll make it easier for her, verbally). It's different spelling to me, not creative spelling. I sometimes use the phrase "kre8iv spelling" but what I just described above is what I mean by it. I think I'll use the phrase "differently spelled" from now on and point out that it should at least keep the rules of phonics in it's pronunciation! :)
It's very pretty.
kittyhox
I would consider it crea8iv, but not in an annoying way. The same goes for your spelling of Jaclyn. Since Alysa is an
I DO consider some of the spellings I've seen, i.e. Jaxon, Kyrston, Arayn (pronounce air-in), Saarah (Sara) cre8tive.
Hmm, this is interesting, lol! :-) okay, I see "creative" in maybe about 3 different ways:
1. "cre8tiv" is "creative" but in a trendy, or even bizarre way. "Cre8tiv" to me also implies a certain...well, obviousness about trying to be "different". So something like "Khryustyna" would be "cre8tiv".
2. "creative" can also mean just that-- creative. So, the name would be spelled differently, but in a more sophisticated, classy way than a "cre8tiv" name.
3. "alternate spelling"--these, too, can be "creative", which I think is what you did with Alysa. See, I don't recall ever seeing it spelled that way, but you just took OUT one of the letters, so I wouldn't necessarily say it was "creative". I see it more as an alternate spelling, but it's "creative" b/c it's not common.
Does that make sense? Hope so! :-)
Btw, I really like it spelled like that: Alysa! :-)
I would have probably pronounced it wrong at first though and said A-LISA since there was only 1 s. I did know someone who was named Alissa and pronounced her name A-LISA instead of A-lihs-ah. All in all, I have a niece who is named Sera (pronounced Sarah) it is somewhat confusing for her and she is never able to find anything personalized unless special ordered but it had a special meaning when she was born.
My name is Dana and 30 years ago, no one heard of it and I went through most of my childhood having to correct teachers all the time who insisted on calling me Dannah so even the simplist names sometimes can be difficult!
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