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Creative Names

Today’s parents creatively name their children names we have no hope of pronouncing Mee-ah is My-ah and also Mwyah are all three spelled the same way But pronounced totally differently And of course, they have all been assigned to the same classroom. How much sense does that make? About as much as assigning Ralph, Ralphie and Raphael to the same class. And yes, they are in there too.

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 5/26/2021 3:46:00 PM

Hello Caren, just reading your poem just now, made me burst into laughing. I wonder why parents name their children with hard to pronounce name makes me wonder. All i can say is the poor child stuck with that type of name . Hugs.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 5/27/2021 11:06:00 AM

Hello Caren, yes there are too many fabricated names. parents should give their children proper names. Hugs Darlene

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/27/2021 10:51:00 AM

They want to "buck the system" we have so many fabricated names now, I have no hope of pronouncing most of them correctly.

L Milton Hankins

Date: 5/26/2021 2:01:00 PM

If I had that situation, I'd probably nickname them quickly, or resort to calling all students by their last names. Likely, then I'd have six Smiths and three Joneses! Can't win for losing!

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/27/2021 10:51:00 AM

I do not know their last names either; I have been assigned to two schools this year - one has 323 students, the other has 645 students.