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Olgaaa Posted 15 years ago
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Tell me what is the sound of this name?

Everybody knows name Ashley...
and u know the singer Ashlee Simpson
Does Ashllee with double L and double E sound exactly like ashlee??
  

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Ashley, Ashlee, Ashleigh, etc. will all sound the same. I've never seen a double-L Ashllee, and find it an odd place to put a double-L, but it would sound the same as the others.

  • Ashley, Ashlee, Ashleigh, etc.
  • will all sound the same.
  • I've never seen a double-L Ashllee, and find it an odd place to put a double-L, but it would sound the same as the others.
  • " Personally, I think all that does it sentence the child to a lifetime of having to spell their otherwise common name every single time they need to give it to someone and receiving a lot of mis-spelled materials.
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Ashley, Ashlee, Ashleigh, etc. will all sound the same. I've never seen a double-L Ashllee, and find it an odd place to put a double-L, but it would sound the same as the others.

Parents will often change the spelling of their child's name from the standard spelling so their child will be "different." Personally, I think all that does it sentence the child to a lifetime of having to spe
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Olga_PankratovaDoes Ashllee with double L and double E sound exactly like ashlee??
Yes. It's merely what we call an "affectation" when people spell their names in strange ways.

CJ

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