s/o; does your name have a y in it and if so, are you low class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So when you say names with a "Y" are you talking about the full name having a y, or do nicknames count too...

For example, Elizabeth does not have a y, but "Betty" does...so is a girl named Elizabeth not classy if she goes by Betty...or is she only not classy if her name is actually Betty--on her birth certificate and everything?

I know someone who just named her daughter Betty. As far as I can tell that is her name, not a nickname... Ewww, I feel so bad that in 20 years she will be sidled with Betty for a name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. What's the problem ?

Missy? Mindy? Lesley? Andy? Jordyn? Yvonne? Yael? Yves?

Missy - dated, not fine
Mindy - ugh
Lesley -- seems like a male spelling; prefer "Leslie" for a girl
Jordyn -- this is pushin' it and trying to be too trendy
Yvonne -- classic name, fine
Yael -- classic name, fine
Yves -- classic name, fine

Lesley is the correct feminine spelling, Leslie is the masculine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. What's the problem ?

Missy? Mindy? Lesley? Andy? Jordyn? Yvonne? Yael? Yves?

Missy - dated, not fine
Mindy - ugh
Lesley -- seems like a male spelling; prefer "Leslie" for a girl
Jordyn -- this is pushin' it and trying to be too trendy
Yvonne -- classic name, fine
Yael -- classic name, fine
Yves -- classic name, fine

Lesley is the correct feminine spelling, Leslie is the masculine.

Hmm, interesting. Did not know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So when you say names with a "Y" are you talking about the full name having a y, or do nicknames count too...

For example, Elizabeth does not have a y, but "Betty" does...so is a girl named Elizabeth not classy if she goes by Betty...or is she only not classy if her name is actually Betty--on her birth certificate and everything?

I know someone who just named her daughter Betty. As far as I can tell that is her name, not a nickname... Ewww, I feel so bad that in 20 years she will be sidled with Betty for a name.

I gotta agree with you on this one. Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Mary, Lily, Lynn, all seem fine.

[Anonymous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXmBbLoEIU

OP, is this what prompted your inquiry?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mary is fine and of course not low class in the least.

and probably doesn't give you away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I must be the bottom of the heap
Name ends in an "i"
And I pick my nose, drive an suv, am divorced

You mean like Tiffani?

You will never guess

Anyone remember the soap "bold and the beautiful"?
Stephany was the high class woman with a son named ridge
Brook was the-other-womans daughter and was after her son

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXmBbLoEIU

OP, is this what prompted your inquiry?

No, I was inspired by a thread on the women's gymnastics team and the Olympics.

But link is a great addition to our conversation.

[Anonymous]

What do you think of Lindsay?

[Anonymous]

Yes; no.

Relatively common name mentioned here toward end of thread.

[Anonymous]

I don't have a Y in my name. I am poor, but would like to think I am NOT low-class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you think of Lindsay?

Getting a little bit to the bottom of the pack. Kind of like Brittany or Chelsey/Chelsea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my name ends in a "y", but not low class. Far from it. Inherited the name from long line as well as a substantial trust.

Is your name "Buffy"?

Or Bunny!

[Anonymous]

Sally. Doesn't seem low-class to me, and I'm not low-class (upper-middle), but what do I know?