[beth]

I think I'll be opening a can of worms here, but here goes anyway! I hear of so many babies being given names that are spelt differently to the standard way, and I don't mean Catherine versus Kathryn. I understand that we all want something special for our child, but somehow I think that calling a boy "Jaymz" instead of James, or "Adhym" instead of Adam, is saddling them with a lifetime of annoyance where they are obliged to spell their names on every occasion, or correct other's mistakes. It's a bit different when a child's name is unusual and needs to be spelled out for that reason, but weird spelling of common names must drive these poor kids mad when they become adults. What does everyone else think? Can anyone come up with other strange spellings that they have heard?