My community sounds illiterate!

[1234plus1]

Here I am trying to keep busy while waiting for my overdue baby and my 8 yo ds brings home his school yearbook. I'm appalled by some of the spellings...I thought I lived in a smarter community :P

Here are some of the names...preschool-3rd grade. The younger grades had more misspellings so it's getting progressively worse

Alexzandyr
Decoda
Terryn
Logian
Trystin
Linkin
Harlie
Taiden
Cheyann
Alexz (girl)
Meah
Zoie
Madyx (girl)
Chloee
Aubrie
Kierstynn
Eian
Makena
Trystyn
Adynn
Khloee
Braxtn
Abbigail
Averi
Kloee
Karsyn
Jaityn
Maliki
Kaine
Karsyn (girl)
Keyton
Brytin
Allysa
Zoie again
Kenedy
Shayne
Jaxyn
Carlee
Haily
Maikol
Emersyn

I'm tempted to go through and write down all the names that rhyme with Aidan...another big trend around here. Ugh.

[libbyj06]

Wow, those are some complicated and clunky spellings! What is wrong with Jackson and Chloe and Abigail? I don't mind a few "creative spellings" like maybe one letter different or extra but these are pretty crazy!

[spyro]

Hey don't hate on my name spelling It was an unpopular name when I was born. Now when I have kids, my name will look like I'm the child I hated spelling it growing up, though

[mischa]

This is just a guess on my part but ... I have a very strong feeling that the next generation aren't going to be known for their spelling ability. The generation after them may not even know what is the "original" or "correct" way to spell any name. Sad really.

[anajo]

I'm okay if they only change one letter, but some of these spellings are ridiculous.

[1234plus1]

I'm sorry Zoie, not meant to offend you at all....my name is actually a name that has about a zillion different spellings and two legitimate spellings and used to be boys name that went to the girls in the 80s so......I feel ya

[tarah_e]

Wow some of those are really bad! I've actually seen quite a few Zoie's so I've kind of learned to accept that one... And the only other one I think can be pardoned from the "bad" list is Makena, because that's actually a Hawaiian word/place/name....but you never know if the parents actually know that or not!

[notcinnamon]

Hey, they'll all look normal on text messages!

[uselesskitty]

This is just a guess on my part but ... I have a very strong feeling that the next generation aren't going to be known for their spelling ability. The generation after them may not even know what is the "original" or "correct" way to spell any name. Sad really.

I agree! You never know though, the cool/trendy thing to do for the next generation might be to go back to the original spellings! Let's hope so anyways.

[notcinnamon]

The worst one in my community is Savannah. We live in GA, very close to Savannah, and I know:

Savanah, Savana, and Savanna- All three of their moms told me, "So it wouldn't be exactly like the city of Savannah..."

Umm, well...it's not!