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Post by rainangel on Jun 4, 2016 10:02:43 GMT
 Came across this picture on my FB feed this morning.  |
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Post by gillyp on Jun 4, 2016 10:07:03 GMT
Oh dear. I bet I won't be the only one pronouncing it Kuh-villan from the way it looks written down.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 4, 2016 10:07:51 GMT
OMFG. As I was reading that I was thinking to myself "Sounds like something you'd read in one of those crappy Australian "That's Life" or "Take 5" magazines. Look down the bottom of the story and yep, sure enough, it's some bogan from Queensland Australia!  |
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Post by gsquaredmom on Jun 4, 2016 10:10:32 GMT
Oh dear. I bet I won't be the only one pronouncing it Kuh-villan from the way it looks written down. Yes. And now that I know it's VIII I think of Henry and all those dead wives. |
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Post by rainangel on Jun 4, 2016 10:14:09 GMT
OMFG. As I was reading that I was thinking to myself "Sounds like something you'd read in one of those crappy Australian "That's Life" or "Take 5" magazines. Look down the bottom of the story and yep, sure enough, it's some bogan from Queensland Australia! Man, I miss Boganville, QLD |
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Post by cmhs on Jun 4, 2016 10:14:52 GMT
Might as well just name your kid Whatthefuck.
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Post by gar on Jun 4, 2016 10:18:42 GMT
Speechless........................
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Post by LilyRose on Jun 4, 2016 10:28:31 GMT
Kaitlynn was "too popular," huh? Well, that won't be a problem with the name they chose. SMH.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jun 4, 2016 11:31:06 GMT
Kaitlynn was "too popular," huh? Well, that won't be a problem with the name they chose. SMH. I am a little slow this morning, for the life of me I couldn't figure it out. Thank you for the hint.  Must. Have. More. Coffee. |
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Post by hannahruth on Jun 4, 2016 11:33:32 GMT
WTH were they thinking?
Oh sorry, obviously they weren't thinking at all.
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Post by onlywork2scrap on Jun 4, 2016 11:35:32 GMT
Poor kid.
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Jun 4, 2016 12:12:58 GMT
She doesn't look very happy in the picture. She already knows the issues she is going to have with that name.
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Post by leannec on Jun 4, 2016 12:16:58 GMT
Lame.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 12:21:52 GMT
Even the kid looks like she's thinking 'what the feck'? Bet it gets shortened to K8 at some point!
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Post by gsquaredmom on Jun 4, 2016 12:22:52 GMT
She doesn't look very happy in the picture. She already knows the issues she is going to have with that name. A gofundme drive will cover the counseling costs. |
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Post by joelise on Jun 4, 2016 12:23:04 GMT
Oh my!  |
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Post by melanell on Jun 4, 2016 12:26:35 GMT
I just don't follow the logic behind making up a tricky spelling for a popular name and then claiming that the name is now unique. The kid's name is still Kaitlyn. It still sounds exactly like Kaitlyn. There will still be other kids in her class with a name that sounds the same when the teacher calls on the them or when a friend is yelling for them across the playground. I don't care if you spell it Katelyn or Caitlin or KVIIIlyn or C8Linne, it's still the same name.  And with a name like Kaitlin, which has oodles of spelling variations, people will always be asking the child how to spell it anyway. So your child won't even be unique in that general sense, just in the sense that people will likely roll their eyes when the poor kid explains the spelling. |
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Post by Sue on Jun 4, 2016 13:29:37 GMT
Nicknamed K8?
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Post by J u l e e on Jun 4, 2016 13:55:41 GMT
Name? Kaitlyn. With a C? No. With a capital k capital v capital i capital i capital i lowercase l y n  |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 4, 2016 14:41:03 GMT
People that name their children "unique" spellings like that name are so selfish.
They don't have to live with that name, dealing with explaining it to others every day, being judged by it. Could you imagine putting that atrocity on a resume? It would be in the circular filing cabinet without ever being read past the name.
People who want to use unique names like that should change their name instead and give their kids names that don't incite ridicule.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 4, 2016 14:45:37 GMT
Kaitlynn was "too popular," huh? Well, that won't be a problem with the name they chose. SMH. I am a little slow this morning, for the life of me I couldn't figure it out. Thank you for the hint. Must. Have. More. Coffee. I don't think more coffee would help. I don't even drink coffee and I was fully awake and didn't get it either. I really don't think most people would be looking for a Roman numeral in the middle of someone's name. That's just odd! |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 4, 2016 14:51:13 GMT
People that name their children "unique" spellings like that name are so selfish. They don't have to live with that name, dealing with explaining it to others every day, being judged by it. Could you imagine putting that atrocity on a resume? It would be in the circular filing cabinet without ever being read past the name. People who want to use unique names like that should change their name instead and give their kids names that don't incite ridicule. Hopefully the kid has a normal middle name so she can just go by K. (Whatever) Lastname. Or maybe just initials like some kids do, TJ, AJ, etc. Ha ha, maybe she can go by K80 (Katie)! |
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Post by gar on Jun 4, 2016 14:56:02 GMT
People that name their children "unique" spellings like that name are so selfish. They don't have to live with that name, dealing with explaining it to others every day, being judged by it. Could you imagine putting that atrocity on a resume? It would be in the circular filing cabinet without ever being read past the name. People who want to use unique names like that should change their name instead and give their kids names that don't incite ridicule. Very true. I'm sure it's done as a statement about them..."look how cool we are to think of this!" without really taking on board what it'll mean for the child. |
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Post by auntkelly on Jun 4, 2016 15:06:03 GMT
That may just be the worst name ever.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jun 4, 2016 15:08:26 GMT
On the plus side, at least her parents knew HOW to write 8 in roman numerals.  Are those even taught anymore in the States? |
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Post by bc2ca on Jun 4, 2016 15:14:38 GMT
Hahaha, can't wait to share this with a friend that had 6 Caitlin's in a class one year. All with unique spellings, of course, but I'm 100% sure not this one. Unique spellings are useless when the pronunciation is the same and you have to resort to nicknames and adding last name initials to differentiate between the kids.
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Post by Meri-Lyn on Jun 4, 2016 15:18:24 GMT
I sure hope this is a joke. That poor child.
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 4, 2016 15:27:25 GMT
How are they ever going to teach everyone the child comes in contact with to say it "their way"?
Someone I know recently named her baby Jack Flash, so he will go through school being called "Weed" and "Mary Jane".
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Post by finaledition on Jun 4, 2016 15:43:07 GMT
I'm always amazed that one parent can think that's a great way to spell a name and the other parent agrees. Those two idiots truly are soul mates.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 15:45:04 GMT
On the plus side, at least her parents knew HOW to write 8 in roman numerals. Are those even taught anymore in the States? LOL! |
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Came across this picture on my FB feed this morning. 
And with a name like Kaitlin, which has oodles of spelling variations, people will always be asking the child how to spell it anyway. So your child won't even be unique in that general sense, just in the sense that people will likely roll their eyes when the poor kid explains the spelling.
Are those even taught anymore in the States? 
