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From: June Ridsdale <>
Subject: [NEWGEN] NAME SPELLINGS - BEWARE!
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 09:04:51 -0700


Hi Gloria:
[NEWGEN] Name spellings
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001
From: "Gloria Motter" <>
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I just have to comment here too Gloria, NAMES can be so deceiving.
The name of Carlill/Carlisle has 29 spellings in Yks, England alone!!!

So I hope that those who are starting out will take notes and think
of ways that many letters can get changed in the mind of the
not-too-literate writer. Y/J, G/K, C/K, B/P.

My maiden name of Conklin has all sorts of spellings with G's and E's
on the end and multiple others.

One very misleading problem that I had personally was the name of HUTTY.
In a most accidental situation I realized that it was sometimes spelled
UTTY. I forget that the 'haitches' were added or taken away at will by
the English tongue. So if it is the first letter of a name,
the IGI could have you looking in the wrong area entirely.

Regards to everyone,
JuneBC Canada

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