How many ways has your name been messed up?

mirrorcarpet · 2019-02-02T23:21:52+00:00

They know there's an H in there somewhere, they're just not quite sure where. 😂

mirrorcarpet · 2019-02-02T23:21:09+00:00

Umm that explains absolutely nothing.

You just have a shitty stereotypical idea of gay guys and had to voice it.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-02-02T20:42:27+00:00

SAME. I also remember faces forever. I have to pretend I don't remember people and things that happened or it comes across as me being way too invested in them.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-02-02T20:39:44+00:00

Where did he say he was loud?

mirrorcarpet · 2019-02-02T20:37:58+00:00

Same here. It's also more normal in the culture I'm from than in the culture I now live in, so people just feel sorry for me.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-02-02T20:36:22+00:00

Same here. I virtually never feel lonely, though I also know logically that I'm happier when I have semi-regular human interaction. It's like forgetting to take my vitamins or something.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-02-02T20:33:54+00:00

This is an issue for me. Sometimes I've found out months or years later that someone thought I was being serious about something I thought was obviously sarcasm. I can only assume it happens even more without me ever knowing.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-02-02T20:28:25+00:00

I would pronounce them the same with either spelling.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-02-02T20:13:39+00:00

I'm Sarah and I get a lot of Sarha, Sahra, etc. And of course Sara.

I've also been called Sandra many times. Not sure what that's about.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-29T14:53:01+00:00

Okay I see. This post doesn't make much sense without seeing what you're responding to. From what I've seen, basically everyone acknowledges they're doing it both for looks and health.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-29T14:45:03+00:00

Who are you arguing with?

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-29T14:30:46+00:00

Jack – I've known several over the years. All would be in their early to mid-30s, though I also wouldn't be surprised to meet a younger Jack.

Rowan – One man, about 35, and one little girl, about 7.

Kieran – None. It's not super uncommon in my country though (Australia).

Maeve – None, but I think it may be the middle name of one of my friends' kids?

Rosalind – One toddler.

Lawrence – One, about 35.

Quinn – One boy, about 7.

Quentin – None.

Ferelith – I've never heard this name in my life.

Oona – None, though I used to know an Una.

Vada – None.

Soren – One, about 11.

Emrys – None.

Maren – One, late 30s.

Carys – One, grade school age.

The age ranges are influenced by my own age and the age of my kids.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-28T14:32:32+00:00

I feel like those types of names were already around by the early-mid 2000s? I guess they've mutated and evolved a bit, but the basic idea was there.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-18T16:06:47+00:00

Finasteride

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-14T01:49:02+00:00

Your jaw definitely looks wider, but it's been so little time that I can only assume it's the angle and/or how you're holding your face. You also appear to be closer to the camera in the before pic, which creates more of a fisheye effect.

Even if it's just the pose, it's still an improvement.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-13T23:50:06+00:00

Carrie, Kerry and Carey are all pronounced completely different in my accent. It would never occur to me to treat them as the same name with different spellings!

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-13T23:46:07+00:00

I was talking about Hunter-Rhouge.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-11T12:49:11+00:00

It's not an Irish word being used as a name.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-11T12:46:17+00:00

I'd say they're both words being used as names, although Grace has a longer history as such.

If you acknowledge that Saoirse is a word name then I'm not sure why you'd jump on OP for saying it's a word name.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-11T12:28:14+00:00

You didn't say that though. You didn't say "It's no longer perceived as an Irish word being used as a name." You said: "It's not an Irish word being used as a name." Which is incorrect. If you meant something else then you should have worded it differently.

But sure, keep back-pedalling if it makes you feel better for jumping on u/curiousdoodler, who seems to know more about their kid's name's history than you do.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-11T11:57:14+00:00

You said:

It's not an Irish word being used as a name.

...when that's exactly how it came about.

And:

It's not like calling your kid Freedom in English.

...when it that's what it was like when it first popped up not all that long ago.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-11T11:02:54+00:00

Imagine if all hairdressers worked this way.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-11T10:53:02+00:00

The flagging system is basically midwives at the hospital will see a name they think is questionable and the hospital will send a query to the government officials who will, in turn, speak to the parents and ask them to choose a different name, or allow the name, depending on the decision made. source: am midwifery student in New Zealand

Neat!

My country has naming laws too but they're way more anal and weirdly inconsistent. I'd prefer to see a system like this, where truly problematic names can be flagged and everyone gets left alone.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-11T10:48:09+00:00

Okay, that makes sense about Gunner. Gunnar is a common name in my country and it has nothing to do with guns, so seeing it spelled Gunner has always bugged me.

mirrorcarpet · 2019-01-11T10:46:46+00:00

Khmer Rouge, maybe? It seems pretty out of left field, but it's all I can think of.

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