Smart Parents

I just read a post today by my friend Angie who went to court to legally change her little girl's name due to the fact that it gets mispronounced. She's a very smart mom. I wish my parents had thought of that.

Instead they just liked the unusual spelling of the more common name "Katie" and chose to name me Katy. It gets mispronounced all the time. Most commonly people assume it's Kathy. I think they are just too lazy to notice there is no "h." It bugs me. Once or twice some very audacious people have actually suggested that I've left out the "h" in my name. No, thank you. I think I know how to spell my own name. Another common mispronunciation of my name is with a long a instead of a short one, making it sound like I am fickle...or that I should be a bag on a golf course. Though lately I've been privileged to hear some better sounding "mispronunciations" I cannot tell you between my first and last name how very very smart I think Angie is for legally altering her baby's name before she'll have to remember all of that "Noel" nonsense.

Here's something you may not know about my name: My dad chose the spelling after the Steely Dan record "Katy Lied." Kinda fun. I guess if you go to all the trouble to select a unique spelling of a common name, you're not going to think to legally change it just because your daughter is told she doesn't know how to write her name. I never used to like my name. But I do now. It's very unique. And beautiful really.