From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V15 #122 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, May 18 2010 Volume 15 : Number 122 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Jenny Owen Youngs [Doug ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 09:45:54 -0400 From: Doug Subject: Re: Jenny Owen Youngs > From the NYT: > brittneigh/> > > Misspelling a child s name won t make Junior special, creative or unique. Y s > and I s are not interchangeable, and apostrophes are not some sort of > newfangled confetti to be sprinkled liberally throughout groups of letters. > > Hear, hear! I agree completely. IMO it's sad that people misguidedly attempt to make their kid unique by misspelling his/her name when the real way to make a child unique is to encourage the growth of the individuality of their spirit. - --Doug ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V15 #122 ***************************