Comments on: Sure, she’s dumb as a box of hair, but…

By: makfan

makfan — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:45:44 +0000

“Compope”. How perfect.

By: Olde Skewl

Olde Skewl — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:32:41 +0000

I wanna play Scrabble with twhit!!!!

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:21:18 +0000

Clumber, I’m quite sure those claims will be filed in future years.
Adjustment reaction with mixed emotional features will probably be the Dx. LOL

By: lili

lili — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:33:45 +0000

Aw, shucks.

By: Clumber

Clumber — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:00:00 +0000

CB (11.13) I presume said claim was for mental anguish, resulting from that name?

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:21:24 +0000

And another consonant…Meagghean.
Ooo, how about really stressing the kid out in preschool with…Meaggheanne?

Have I ever mentioned the time I processed a claim for a kid named “Cialis”? Inappropriate, but strangely logical choice.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:41:38 +0000

oh come on, she could easily squeeze yet another vowel in there… Meaghean?

By: The Elf

The Elf — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:32:22 +0000

That’ll be the new naming trend – forgoing vowels all together. Your mother hates you and your pointless spam, Gdfhfdh.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:28:13 +0000

I looked up the name on BabyNamer – Megan and Meghan are the typical spellings. The root name is Marged, which is derived from Margaret.

Under alternative spellings, they not only had Meaghan, but they also had Meghann (for those for whom one N is nnever enough), Megyn (it’s always wise to credit your gynecologist), Mayghan (because an AY sounds just like an E), Meggin (we spell fone-ette-ick-ly), and Meggon (as in the fierce MEG-GON THE CONQUERER). Why, Babynamer, why? Why must you encourage these trends? Isn’t “Meghan” good enough?

By: The Elf

The Elf — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:21:31 +0000

It’s not just uneek spellyngs that create the personalized keychain problem. My name is an unusual one, but an old, spelled correctly ethnic name. My husband’s name is one of those that used to be masculine but is no longer considered such. So I couldn’t find any personalized items (and as a kid I wanted one in the worst way), and all of the ones he found were pink or flowery.

We were both in the same second grade. The teacher made nametags with little faces. The girls had bows on top of their heads and the boys had bows under their chins. My husband, the biggest boy in the grade, the one who even at age 7 looked like he ate nails for breakfast, had a little bow on top of his nametags. The kids were merciless, of course.

I love my unusual name and the family history that goes with it, but it comes with a price. I have to spell it all the time. I have to correct pronunciation all the time. And when I got my Disney World embroidered Mouse Ears, I had to very carefully write it out for the seamstress.

By: Jami

Jami — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:44:14 +0000

People like my sister-in-law who named her daughter that.

By: Tesselara

Tesselara — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:36:12 +0000

Lili, you’re great. Thank you for being one of the few kind people on this site.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:08:32 +0000

Um I do… My family does. I have never seen it spelled Meaghan though. My variation is the gaelic spelling.

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:58:53 +0000

As one currently gestating, it has come to my attention that vowels are all being replaced by the letter y: Tryzlyn, Kyly (supposed to be pronounced “Kylie”). Let’s add some superfluous “y”s while we’re at it: Kaydynz (Cadence). Forget Aliviah, why don’t we try Allyvyah?
I vote that people who give their children kr8tif names have “Special” branded on their forehead so we all know just how unique they are. I mean, youneek.