One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for February 06, 2024

Maybe she’s trying to get you totally bewildered so she can sell you something…

In one of the Jeeves books Bertie Wooster’s auntie warned him to avoid girls who spell usual names in unusual ways, like Gwladys. (Christopher Hitchens mentioned this when writing about Gennifer Flowers.)

Spelling leads me to believe she was named after a pharmaceutical name…

My name is Bill, spelled Mark. The letters are all silent……

Nothing like visiting France and you see your name spelled with an ES on the end like the French city.

Grandma’s got zingers…..

Hel-lo Typhanni.

Brian Reagan has a great routine on the weird name spelling and how they get annoyed when you don’t say it right. Hi, my name is Mister Mxyzptlk.

Okay, so we just met Typhanni, and we already know her parents are/were insufferable.

A friend with an odd name, when asked his name by a restaurant hostess will tell her. If she asks, “how do you spell that?” He’d say “however you want. You’re the one who has to read it.”

I’m with Rose on this one!

What’s your name? “Yours.” That your first name? “Nope.” What’s your first name? “Up.” – Never could figure out what made everyone so mad when I told them my name.

Whatever you’re selling, we don’t need or want any!

You do your child a disservice if you give them a name they need to spell every time.

Gogh a whey.

What kind of drugs were her parents in when they named her?

Is she related to SanDeE fro L.A. Story?

“And I have helmet hair!”

Don’t name your kid Siobhan. It will always get pronounced wrong. And spelled wrong. Don’t saddle them with a difficult name.

As soon as she started explaining, the door would have been closed.

Sounds like a saleswoman. Or an about to start preaching lefty