beyond the pale wrote:
"Jamie Clark" wrote

Well, even if she had to spell it for teachers, the plus side is that all
she has to say is "How do I spell it? Just like it sounds, Sara - no H
and Beth" Unless Beth is just not a name ever heard in your parts.

The way people change spellings, almost anything could need to be spelled,
even the teacher doesn't think so. Look how many names are on the Top 100
SSN List that are on there several times with variant spellings.

Madison sounds simple, right? But some people spell it Madyson now. I
remember back in the day Melissa was a very common name and now I see it
coming back, but it's often spelled Melyssa. I even know a Malyssa. Jacob,
Jakob, Katelynn, Kaitlin, Catelyn, too many to list, and as I was thinking
of using Caitlin I realized I can't remember the "proper" way to spell it, I
am still thinking is it Caitlin or Caitlyn?? LOL..And then I wonder, would
that make her Cate or Cait? :P

I'm not sure there is a "proper" way to spell it, it's not really a
proper name. The Irish way would be Caitlin but thats really pronounced
Catchleen. The Katelynn pronunciation is an anglicisation of the Irish
name as far as I know. There is no y in the Irish language so I'd rule
out Caitlyn. I'm not a fan of spelling names differntly to try to make
them unique, I know so many Kirstin, Kirstyn, Keerstin, Kristin,
Krystin's etc it drives me mad.

I saw a show on tv the other night about celebrity names, a rapper named
her daughter God'iss, I wanted to scream!