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Spelling Tip for Creative Baby Names – Hard G vs. Soft G

4 Comments | 19 November 2009
Gordana Gehlhausen was a contestant on Project Runway this season. Before the season began, I assumed her first name would be pronounced with a hard G, like Gordon. I was wrong. She pronounces her name with a soft G. I wonder how many other people also got it wrong? Typically, when the letter G is [...]
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Unusual Real Names – Grlenntys, Icie, Rensis, Schelto

3 Comments | 28 August 2009
A dozen peculiar names: Anthony Philip David Terry Frank Donald Stanley Gerry Gordon Stephen James Oatway (b. 1973) – retired English footballer who goes by the name “Charlie.” Each given name corresponds to a player on the 1972-1973 Queens Park Rangers team. Collingwood Schreiber (1831-1918) – Canadian surveyor and engineer. Delarivier Manley (d. 1724) – English novelist. Grlenntys Chief [...]
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