{"id":11126,"date":"2013-05-29T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=11126"},"modified":"2013-05-29T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T15:25:10","slug":"a-second-naming-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2013\/20130529-11126.htm","title":{"rendered":"A (Second) Naming Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my first naming exercise<\/a>, I suggested using a thesaurus as a baby-naming tool. This remains a great source for unique, incomprehensible, and unpronounceable names–but I’ve learned even more naming tricks in my tenure at WIC.<\/p>\n

One popular choice is to take a common name and switch one or more letters to make it an uncommon name.<\/p>\n

I’ll use some of my cousin’s names as examples.<\/p>\n

Eric becomes Aric<\/b>
\nSarah becomes Barah<\/b>
\nJoel becomes Coel<\/b>
\nJennifer becomes Dennifer<\/b>
\nAdam becomes Edam<\/b>
\nTabitha becomes Fabitha<\/b>
\nKyle becomes Gyle<\/b>
\nSusannah becomes Husannah<\/b>
\nElizabeth becomes IyLizabeth<\/b>
\nChristine becomes Jistine<\/b>
\nJoseph becomes Koseph<\/b>
\nJoanna becomes Loanna<\/b>
\nCaroline becomes Maraline<\/b>
\nLauren becomes Nauren<\/b>
\nAaron becomes Oh’ron<\/b>
\nNaomi becomes Paomi<\/b>
\nCaleb becomes Qualeb<\/b>
\nDonna becomes Ronna<\/b>
\nDaniel becomes Saniel<\/b>
\nJames becomes Tames<\/b>
\nAnthony becomes Untony<\/b>
\nLuke becomes Vuke<\/b>
\n*Note that W has been skipped because I can’t countenance lisping a name, even for an exercise*
\nBrett becomes Xett<\/b>
\nPaul becomes Yaul<\/b>
\nBenjamin becomes Zenjamin<\/b><\/p>\n

Of course, this is only switching up the first letter of the name. Multitudes of additional combinations can be made by trading out one or more of the middle or ending letters. For example, Jane can become Hael by changing the J to an H (Hane), switching the e and the n (Haen) and then switching the N to an L.<\/p>\n

The possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n

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Please note that all names (except those of my cousins) are fictionalized. Any resemblance with actual WIC client names is entirely accidental. :-)<\/p>\n

Also note that this is not a complete listing of my cousins. Exclusions were made to keep the number at 25. My apologies to those whose names I have not butchered.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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