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.
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?
‘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’.
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.
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.