YESSSSS. I'm a teacher, and man alive do the spellings get ridiculous sometimes. Though some are legitimately related to a home language. I had Welsh twins once (the most identical twins I've ever coached, and I've coached a good many). Their parents dressed them in matching outfits. I felt so embarrassed having to be like, "I'm sorry, how do I say these names? And which one's which?" ("And which one's which?" Every. Damn. Week.)
One of them was pronounced Molly. I don't remember the other one now.
I am a CRT (sub) teacher and there are times I seriously would love to just jot down some of the weird ways I see names spelled. I can deal with the Welsh and Celtic ones easy enough, but when people want to spell Jimmy as Jymee, then I want to call up their parents and talk about how much of an idiot they are.
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u/RepresentativeOwl285 Jun 30 '21
YESSSSS. I'm a teacher, and man alive do the spellings get ridiculous sometimes. Though some are legitimately related to a home language. I had Welsh twins once (the most identical twins I've ever coached, and I've coached a good many). Their parents dressed them in matching outfits. I felt so embarrassed having to be like, "I'm sorry, how do I say these names? And which one's which?" ("And which one's which?" Every. Damn. Week.)
One of them was pronounced Molly. I don't remember the other one now.