I'll TELL you what's in a name, mister

[slemslempike]

Poll about spellings, inspired by Anne Shirley's assertion in Anne of Windy Willows/Poplars that "Catherine with a C is smug", causing her bitter colleague Katherine to start writing her name with a C in notes to Anne. Assume that both names would be pronounced the same (they are by me), just which spelling you prefer. I promise no repercussions for q5, I am just curious!

[Poll #1448127]

Also - can't be bothered to edit the poll to put this in - does your name get misspelled often, and does it annoy you?

Comments

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Not included is not the same as missed! It's a short poll of names that I wondered about, not an exhaustive list. That's the same reason for only two choices, the questions were "which is your favourite of these two spellings" rather than a favourite spelling for that name. Else I might have had Claire/Clare/Clair/Clayre (which I have seen), as well as all the K/Cathe/ari/yn(e)s. I do like all the different variations of names.

I don't see Rebekah very often, do you get it a lot?

[alltheleaves.livejournal.com]

Good point. It is endless isn't it?

I used to get Rebekah a lot more, well it's assumed in fact, in the Jewish community. Not very often outside of that but it does happen from time to time. I went through stages where I used it myself and stages where I used an alternative of my middle name as well. I even have a music exam certificate with the different spellings on.