Silly Names

That reminds me of Titty, in Swallows and Amazons. If Arthur Ransome was writing now, I don't think he would use that name.

I can remember, years ago, reading that the actor, David Carradine, had named his son Free Seagull. I`ve often wondered what he called himself when he grew up!

As a former secondary teacher I used to see "waves" of names which echoed what was on TV - Kylies and Jasons, to name but 2. And then there would be all the fantastic variations in spelling! Sharon/Sharron, Aaron/Aron, Chantal/Chantelle/Shontelle Kerry/Keri, Jonathan/Jonathon/Johnathon etc etc
I remember arranging to visit a -pupil- student on work experience who I assumed was a boy with an old-fashioned Biblical name - Elisha.
Yes, you've guessed it was a variation on "Alesha"which I suppose is a phonetic version of Alicia!!
I used to get frustrated at report writing time because if the little dear had been christened "Micheal", "Mathew" or (really) "Jacququeline" - that was how you had to spell it.
Oh for Pat, Ted, Bob, Sue, Janet and John!

Yes - deliberate mis-spelling could be the bane of my life! How would you pronounce Callie. Wrong! That was yet another version of Kayleigh!

My daughter`s neighbour called her little boy Sean, but got annoyed when people pronounced it "wrongly", because she called him See-an! It caused all sorts of confusion at school.