# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/21 "2008-02-09T21:31:50Z")
Oh God, I’ll always be wrong. No matter which one I pick. Here’s what I want, I want to have three girls. Because here’s what I’ll do I’ll name them Ahndrea, Aundria, and Ahndreyah (pronunciation rant for the same spelling of Andrea). That’s what I need, three girls, same name, different pronunciation. That’d be awesome, wouldn’t it? Just piss off the world. They’d all be constantly be correcting everyone. “Umm, Ahndreyah?” “No, Ahndrea.” And here’s what I’d tell them, even if they get your name right, correct them with a different version of Andrea. Just go through life, correcting everyone every time. Yes I’m a bit bitter, because I’m the guy that’s always wrong with pronunciation. [/carolla] ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/22 "2008-02-09T22:06:25Z")
You sure are an easy to agitate little fucker. You must be a double bad ass in RL. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/23 "2008-02-09T22:15:34Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Oh God, I’ll always be wrong. No matter which one I pick. Here’s what I want, I want to have three girls. Because here’s what I’ll do I’ll name them Ahndrea, Aundria, and Ahndreyah (pronunciation rant for the same spelling of Andrea). That’s what I need, three girls, same name, different pronunciation. That’d be awesome, wouldn’t it? Just piss off the world. They’d all be constantly be correcting everyone. “Umm, Ahndreyah?” “No, Ahndrea.” And here’s what I’d tell them, even if they get your name right, correct them with a different version of Andrea. Just go through life, correcting everyone every time. Yes I’m a bit bitter, because I’m the guy that’s always wrong with pronunciation. [/carolla] [/QUOTE] Yeah, well, that’s why I nickname everyone I meet, Scooter. No muss, no fuss, Scooter. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/24 "2008-02-09T23:27:45Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] Dude, they’re [_dogs_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_(dog)). They don’t care what you call them. [/quote] Except late for supper. [QUOTE=Zebra] Brittany is a stupid way to spell shoehorn. [/QUOTE] Works pretty well for butterhorse, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/25 "2008-02-09T23:37:53Z")
I don’t think Brittany Andrews is a stupid name. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/26 "2008-02-10T00:17:35Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Brittany is a stupid way to spell Britney. It looks like it should be pronounced brĭt tăn ē. [/QUOTE] Just in case you haven’t gotten the message yet, yes, that’s how it’s pronounced. And your point? Did the name “Britney” even exist before about 1980? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/27 "2008-02-10T01:33:11Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Brittany is a stupid way to spell Britney. [/QUOTE] And **Two and a Half Inches of Fun** is a stupid way to spell **moron**. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/28 "2008-02-10T01:36:04Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] And **Two and a Half Inches of Fun** is a stupid way to spell **moron**. [/QUOTE] see post 17 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/29 "2008-02-10T01:38:27Z")
Too slow, as usual. And unobservant. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/30 "2008-02-10T01:47:05Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/31 "2008-02-10T02:09:35Z")
[Britney](http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html) [Brittanny](http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html) I am personally relieved that the wave of Tiffany/Tiffani/Tyffany and Amber ( no other way to spell it) horror seems to have abated. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/32 "2008-02-10T02:41:21Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] [ I am personally relieved that the wave of Tiffany/Tiffani/Tyffany and Amber ( no other way to spell it) horror seems to have abated. [/QUOTE] What about Ambyr? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/33 "2008-02-10T03:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] I love it when people in high school (and beyond) decide to change the spellings of their name. [/QUOTE] I agree. Sincerely, Rik ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/34 "2008-02-10T03:38:20Z")
I don’t care what anybody thinks. –Briyttyannnie ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/35 "2008-02-10T03:59:59Z")
But what about the important question: What’s the Straight Dope on which Britney/Brittany/Britt/Briyttaynyie is being considered to star in a remake of [_Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100431/)? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/36 "2008-02-10T11:31:56Z")
[QUOTE=MikeG] Brittany is the original name of the region in France [/QUOTE] ‘Brittany’ is the Anglicised version of the name of the Breton region. Although the Baby Name Wizard says that all spellings of the name are fairly recent occurences in America, it would be interesting to see if they can be traced back further in Britain, with a link to the use of ‘Brittania’. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/37 "2008-02-10T15:11:01Z")
\>Ah must’ve been thinking of Brittney. \>Brittney? Aw hell naw! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/38 "2008-02-10T15:32:51Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] But what about the important question: What’s the Straight Dope on which Britney/Brittany/Britt/Briyttaynyie is being considered to star in a remake of [_Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100431/)? [/QUOTE] You suck. 😃 I read your post with a mouthful of coffee and it took all the oral control I had not to spew it all over my laptop keyboard. Here’s a relevant [website](http://notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html). Enjoy! Robin ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/39 "2008-02-10T16:33:13Z")
Do names determine what you become. ? Will a boy named Bruno become a dancer. Could a Percy become a football player. ? Could Gertrude become a film star. ? Could Barack become a president? Could Hillarity become a prez.? Wait and see. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940/40 "2008-02-11T02:17:12Z")
Britni? I knew one, she’s about 22/23 now. It actually shows up on the name wizard, so her parents weren’t the only idiots out there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brittany-is-a-stupid-name/436940.md?page=3)