Just saw one of my friends new nephews, his name is....... Leum..... which is a Kre8tive way to spell Liam. What do you ladies think? Nice variation or a bad alternative? I personally don't like it.
Nice or Ick?
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, Oct 31 2012 04:54 PM
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 04:54 PM
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 05:32 PM
Hmm, Leum, Leum...looks and sounds like some sort of medical term for a body part ("The patient is experiencing pain in his right leum"..). Um, no, not cute.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 05:38 PM
Ha, I completely agree with Blush! It does look more like a body part. Liam is much nicer, in my opinion.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 06:01 PM
I would not have pronounced it as Liam at first glance.... Leum looks more like Lou-em to me.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 06:06 PM
Lemur is what I think when I see it :/
I'm not a fan
I'm not a fan
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 06:08 PM
This is bad, but though not as bad as the Klaryicyce (forgot how they actually spelled it) that you showed me! Yuck.
First glance I thought it said Lemur, and then I thought of a body part.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 06:12 PM
This is bad, but though not as bad as the Klaryicyce (forgot how they actually spelled it) that you showed me! Yuck.
It was Khlarhys
And yeah I thought of Lumen, which is a part of the body (the opening of arteries or organs like the intestines)
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 07:01 PM
Ick. Definitely an ick.
I thought 'flem' when I saw it, for some reason.
I thought 'flem' when I saw it, for some reason.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 07:26 PM
ick when I first saw it, I thought it was pronounced Lay-um
when I first saw it, I thought it was pronounced Lay-um
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 08:49 PM
It was Khlarhys
And yeah I thought of Lumen, which is a part of the body (the opening of arteries or organs like the intestines)
Ha! So I was right...close-ish.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 08:52 PM
I agree with Blush. NMS, though I'm not a fan of the normal Liam.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 08:53 PM
When i read it at first i could not pn it! in my head i was saying Leum=Loom, like doom and gloom!! Not cute one bit! poor kid!
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 09:54 PM
I would have prn it Lee-oom. But I figured it was just a nasty spelling for "Liam". Definite ICK.
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Posted 01 November 2012 - 06:23 AM
Well I got it on my first try...does that mean I'm becoming immune to cr8ive spellings?? 
I guess it's because it reminded me of the only other word I know that ends in -eum...Museum.
I just don't really see the point of changing Liam to Leum. It looks pretty awful.
I guess it's because it reminded me of the only other word I know that ends in -eum...Museum.I just don't really see the point of changing Liam to Leum. It looks pretty awful.
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Posted 01 November 2012 - 07:42 AM
I could understand Leam maybe but even then it looks like a word..or an auto correct for Luna somehow.
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Posted 01 November 2012 - 10:22 AM
I dislike greaty mostly becuse there were about 20,000+ babies named Liam and a similar amount name William (potentialy nick named Liam).. And this child is going to have to respell and correct everyone on his name Liam is such a popular and traditional choice.. It'd be like taking Mary or Eve and respelling it Mayrie or Eave or something... It's not unique, its unfortunate.
And lol I agree with PP's on it looking like a body part
mostly becuse there were about 20,000+ babies named Liam and a similar amount name William (potentialy nick named Liam).. And this child is going to have to respell and correct everyone on his name Liam is such a popular and traditional choice.. It'd be like taking Mary or Eve and respelling it Mayrie or Eave or something... It's not unique, its unfortunate.And lol I agree with PP's on it looking like a body part
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Posted 02 November 2012 - 10:51 AM
Not a fan
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 07:40 PM
LOVE Liam!
Despise Leum! Reminds me of plums, also reminds me of lemurs. Not a fan at all.
They should have stuck to the traditional spelling..
Despise Leum! Reminds me of plums, also reminds me of lemurs. Not a fan at all.
They should have stuck to the traditional spelling..
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 09:26 PM
I prefer the original spelling Liam
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Posted 06 November 2012 - 02:10 PM
Prefer Liam. I would never have pronounced it "Liam" if you hadn't said.
There is nothing wrong with traditional spellings.
There is nothing wrong with traditional spellings.
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