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constantino675 t1_ixre2db wrote

how to take E, EE, or EY and turn it into EIGH.

ashley, not ashleigh. Kylee, not Kyleigh

Wonder how many hours that will waste over the course of their lifetime, both in writing it out, and correcting others who need it spelled out to record it correctly.

As someone else put it once, giving your child a modified name is setting them up for a lifetime of minor inconveniences.

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gormster t1_ixsjrb1 wrote

It should be Kylie. As in Kylie Minogue. It’s a genuinely Australian name derived from an indigenous word.

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thekamakaji t1_ixskflo wrote

That word being?

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Tikimanly t1_ixsl0sm wrote

The aboriginal word for Kyle... (probably).

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gormster t1_ixsks61 wrote

Kylee. It’s another name for the weapon more commonly called boomerang. From a different language group, can’t remember which one.

Edit: oh, I see now.

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autumntraveler t1_ixta4dq wrote

Could go the opposite and make everything sound like a stripper name… Kyli, Brandi, Traci, Staci…

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jamirocky888 t1_ixrz97t wrote

I see these people won’t have to bother with the old ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’

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