how the spelling of a name makes it seem totally different from another name that sounds just like it? i'm reading a book in which a character is named janis. i don't even associate that with "janice" but it sounds just the same. it's funny to me how much i associate the mental image of the name spelled out with the person. does everyone do this?
so then i started thinking about how many folks i know have names like that and how i can't imagine if their names were spelled otherwise. anne is not an ann. marc is not a mark. cheryl isn't a sheryl. ali is not an allie. christy is not a kristi. and caron is not a karen. and vice versa. you get the picture. anyway. random thoughts. they abound.
8 years ago
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you made the side projects! yay! and i'm totally with you about this name business. it IS very different. very.
Well, here is the Debbie Downer version of this phenomenon... at the hospital last week alone we had:
Jakub, not Jacob
Kloyie, not Chloe and
Ema, not Emma
Sigh.
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