Fordim or Fordhim? The Horrors of S-p-e-l-l-i-n-g

[wilwarin538]

That does make me feel better.

[Lhunardawen]

I thought the h's had something to do with the differences in nationality, and thus some language variations. Although now I don't think so. All I can say is that I notice only two people (so far) who use the spelling Fordhim: Formendacil (Form? Formy? Formen? ) and Boromir88 (B88).

As for the use of nicknames, doesn't that make us feel like we're really a community? Besides, just think - what if you have to spell Marileangorifurnimaluim every time when you can use Maril instead?

But at first I never really liked people calling me Lhuna because it reminds me of a certain absurdity that some Filipinos do to their nicknames. I'm not exactly a fan of names like Jhon when it should be Jon or something like that. I find it annoying when I see names spelled that way. But when the use of Lhuna started picking up, I had no choice. Now, though, use it in good health.

Originally Posted by morm *wink*

When I was a wolf with Oromin....I had a hard time spelling her name and needed help on every PM.

Orominuialwen I understand...but Lhun-arda-wen? What's so difficult about that? (I was supposed to be a werewolf in MM, and in his first werewolf PM morm here commented on his difficulty with spelling our names.)

[Lalaith]

Poor Esgalhugwen (I spelt that without checking, hope its right..)
When we were playing WW IV, I don't think many of us managed to get her name right. We were calling her Losgulhugwen and heaven knows what else.

Maybe that's why she disappeared....has she been seen since?

[Holbytlass]

Enca: Question for everyone: has being nicknamed ever gotten you offended or anything? Or had you feel like people were being too "friendly"?

Not me, either. I like the friendly aspect of it. I like the name I chose for this forum but whoever (I forget) dubbed me Holby, I just love it. And "duh" to me for not thinking it myself!! It reminds me of "Holly-Hobby" whom I loved as a wee lass.

[Bêthberry]

I'm reaching back into ancient history, but back in the day, at least in chat, Rimbaud was heir to some creative spelling. The French name just seemed to lend itself for play with letters.

Rimbough
Rimbô
Rimkû
(Lush) Rimbaugh
Rymbow
Rimbaud
Rimsky
Rimbaudelaire
Baudebaud
Rimbod

Come to think of it, Rim-ba-da-bim would have been a good one. Likely that was used, too.

Spelling in chat is such a contentious issue.

[Lalwendë]

I'm not that hung up on my screen-name being spelled incorrectly, after all, it's only my screen-name. But I did try to choose one which was easy to pronounce and spell, and also one which was not too long, as the experience in having a long 'real name' has taught me that it can be a real bore typing out a long name all the time.

I think the problematic names mainly originate from Elvish languages which I have noticed feature words with a lot of vowels in unfamiliar sequences. Anyone who is usually good at spelling will most likely have developed a knack of spotting common letter patterns and so a different language may throw them out a bit.

Nicknames don't bother me either, as I've had more than my fair share of um...'creative' names in the past.

Here's a top tip though: when you're quoting someone and want to put their incredibly consonant/vowel heavy name in, and want to spell it correctly, then just copy and paste it.

[Elennar Starfire]

I just wish people would stop calling me "Lenny". It's 'Leny, dang it! The apostrophy isn't really necessary, but...that extra N bothers me. Yes, there are two Ns in Elennar, but split it up into the two elvish words Elen-Nar. Star-Fire. See? I was first called Eleny, then decided I like apostropys better than Es, so I am now 'Leny.

*sighs*