Hooked on "Foniks"

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Hooked on "Foniks"
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Fri, 12-22-2006 - 1:35pm

Caught some of Maury while I was folding laundry and couldn't help but notice the spellings these mothers chose for their dds:

MaiKyla -- looks like May-Kyla or My-Kyla, and you'd think the "Kyla" part was pretty straightforward, but no. It's a misspelling of Michaela. How she got the -kayla ending sound out of that I'll never know.

Ahriyel -- you read that right. It's Arielle. I can just imagine her sounding it out to come up with such a "unique" spelling. LOL

There was also a woman name Tanella, which literally says "tan Ella," but I would have guessed was ta-NELL-a. No again. Somehow this one was pronounced ta-NEEL-ya. Poor, ignored English language. hehe

The few names with proper spellings were mostly Juniors (at least the grandparents can spell). ;)

~Kelli


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Fri, 12-22-2006 - 11:55pm

But, phonics didn't work for two of the three! Phonics would have been fonks or foneeks, right?



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Registered: 09-29-2005
Sat, 12-23-2006 - 12:17am

LOL You make a great point. Isn't it sad when all rules of "prynonc'zun" go out the window? ;)

~Kelli (maybe I should change the spelling to Kylai, just for fun? hehe)


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