Your thinking direction is incorrect, here let me fix that for you.I was just watching an interview with Jessica Ennis-Hill and it got me thinking.

Your thinking direction is incorrect, here let me fix that for you.I was just watching an interview with Jessica Ennis-Hill and it got me thinking.
I was going to start a thread last night about stupid first names but I might as well drop it here.
When I was teaching I had 4 students with the name of Chelsea, Chelsey, Chellsee and Chelcee.
I have recently come across a baby called C-Enna.
In my wifes class she has children called Nafan and LC (yes just LC).
A bloke I used to work with married a Joeanne
guess what her parnts were called :s
Even weirder are guys who take the girl's surname. What the hell is that about.
Even weirder are guys who take the girl's surname. What the hell is that about.
Mia pronounced Mai-uh/Mee-uh is perfectly acceptable, it has several attested localised etymologies hence the various pronunciations.
Levi and Saul are both common names in Jewish culture and are found outside of this as well. Is the other child actually called Jedi or does it just sound like Jedi...as there are various Jewish names that are similar to Jedi in sound? Jaykub, with that speliing is a perfectly acceptable name, several prominent people have had that name. Jazmin is also acceptable, it is simply a variation that originated in Semitic regions of the Middle East (Jasmine being Persian).
I see no problems with any of these names or their pronunciations. I am not sure how you can judge whether a name is out of place on a child?
Any man who accepts this is weak. The woman takes your name end of.
entirely depends on the blokes relationship with his dad's side of the family and how he feels about the in-laws.
if you hate you father and love your in-laws I don't see it as too much of an issue.
Mia isn't pronounced either of those ways. A better way to explain it would be May-ah. Neither Levi or Saul are Jewish, infact the school in question is a christian faith school.
Jaykub, why say it with 6 letters when it can be done with 5 unless you're trying to be different in which case see earlier posts regarding being pretentious.
Regarding Jazmin, it should be pronounced 'Hazmin', that's the whole reason for that separate spelling from what I know. However it is just Jazz-min.
All children in question are from 'economically disadvantaged' backgrounds apart from Saul, Jedi and Levi.
No, white British.
An old school mate of mine has done that a few weeks ago, quite a lot of talk behind his back about how much of a sap he is over it.![]()
May-ah is still fine, it has various localised pronunciations...and it matters not that the children in question are Jewish or not...the names are perfectly acceptable names for people.
it isn't pretentious, it is simply a localised variation...we see it with numerous names, often ones that are not necessarily readily associated with each other in modern usage. (Jason and Joshua being an example of variations of the same Greek root that have become separate names not often associated together)
It is generally only pronounced with the soft "J" in latinised localities, otherwise Jazmin can be pronounced the same as Jasmine, particularly in Eastern Europe (The Caucuses)...
That shouldn't make any difference.
on a lighter note, a friend of mine has the surname "Ringe" so bought an online title, all his letters come with the name "Sir Ringe" cracks me up everytime lol!
Basically what i'm saying in no uncertain terms is the parents of the kids in question are your typically Jeremy Kyle fodder. They are not from any locales that would have these altered spellings. The vast majority of them have never left the North-East pit town they were born in. Whilst your defence is admirable it's...misplaced.
also if your existing surname is rubbish that can be a factor.
Dickson Ingram sounds far more palatable than Dickson Hares.