# Brittany is a stupid name **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940 "2008-02-09T18:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/1 "2008-02-09T18:20:15Z")
Brittany is a stupid way to spell Britney. It looks like it should be pronounced brĭt tăn ē. Fuck all parents that named their daughters Brittany. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/2 "2008-02-09T18:23:55Z")
I thought Brittany was the original form. You know, named after the region in France. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/3 "2008-02-09T18:27:26Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I thought Brittany was the original form. You know, named after the region in France. [/QUOTE] That’s possible. But I still hate the name. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/4 "2008-02-09T18:28:45Z")
You’ve got it wrong, short stuff. Britney is the stupid way to spell Brittany. It looks like it should be pronounced “Brit-nee.” Personally, though, I have no objections to either spelling. As to your other point, if you fuck people who name their kids badly, you just end up with more badly-named kids. Fuck your prescriptivist naming conventions right in the eye, and fuck your half-assed drive-by Pitting right in the other eye. When come back bring rant. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/5 "2008-02-09T18:30:50Z")
moron ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/6 "2008-02-09T18:35:20Z")
This is a stupid pitting. Two and Half Inches, you’re turning into Andy Rooney. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/7 "2008-02-09T18:40:18Z")
Brittany is the original name of the region in France, Britney is the variant most commonly used by the graduates of the Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/8 "2008-02-09T18:42:08Z")
[QUOTE=Jurph] You’ve got it wrong, short stuff. Britney is the stupid way to spell Brittany. It looks like it should be pronounced “Brit-nee.” [/QUOTE] Isn’t that how it is supposed to be pronounced? Assuming Brit-nee is the same as brĭt n-ē) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/9 "2008-02-09T18:42:10Z")
[Quote=6.4cm of fun] Brittany is a stupid way to spell Britney. [/Quote] Dude, they’re [_dogs_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_(dog)). They don’t care what you call them. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/10 "2008-02-09T18:52:37Z")
Eh, “Brittany” \*is \* a stupid way to spell Britney. It is, however, a \*great \* way to spell _Brittany_. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/11 "2008-02-09T18:57:07Z")
[QUOTE=askeptic] moron [/QUOTE] Dude, just like a Dope to use this spelling when it’s supposed to be “maroon.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/12 "2008-02-09T18:57:34Z")
I prefer the original: **Brytnye** , which ranks right up there with **MyKynzye** as my, like, totally favoryte naymes. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/13 "2008-02-09T19:00:01Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] That’s possible. But I still hate the name. [/QUOTE] But that doesn’t make it stupid. Quite the opposite, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/14 "2008-02-09T19:15:17Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Dude, just like a Dope to use this spelling when it’s supposed to be “maroon.” [/QUOTE] I actually considered it but this pitting was so lame I didn’t feel it deserved the energy to add the extra “o”. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/15 "2008-02-09T19:58:33Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Isn’t that how it is supposed to be pronounced? Assuming Brit-nee is the same as brĭt n-ē) [/QUOTE] I have never heard of anyone who pronounced their given name brit n-and-number-275-winkie. Though I suppose that might be how you _write_ “Throatwarbler Mangrove”. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/16 "2008-02-09T20:24:16Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] I have never heard of anyone who pronounced their given name brit n-and-number-275-winkie. Though I suppose that might be how you _write_ “Throatwarbler Mangrove”. [/QUOTE] No, \*that \* would be "Raymond Luxury-Ya%4387- :eek: " ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/17 "2008-02-09T20:27:55Z")
[QUOTE=askeptic] moron [/QUOTE] that’s a stupid way to spell “Two and a Half Inches of Fun” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/18 "2008-02-09T20:42:54Z")
Brittany is a stupid way to spell shoehorn. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/19 "2008-02-09T20:47:21Z")
My name is Britt, so I’m deeply half insulted. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/20 "2008-02-09T21:12:10Z")
I love it when people in high school (and beyond) decide to change the spellings of their name. All of a sudden another student was Kym. And if you acted like it ever wasn’t you were dead to her. A little bit of facebook stalking confirms that she is in fact still using this spelling at age 25. She’s also just as goth. High Priestess of Staying up Past her Bedtime. There was also Jessika which because Jessicat which became Jezzika. I’m not making this up. She thought I stole her boyfriend and wanted to murder me. Oh! and then for a while I knew a Rhob He’s just Robert now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940.md?page=2)