# Spell the Name "Lindsay". **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 21, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838 "2009-04-21T14:08:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/1 "2009-04-21T14:08:15Z")
\*\*In a way that no post above has. \*\* I will start. Lindsay. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/2 "2009-04-21T14:10:37Z")
Lin Xie (this is an actual person at my office). ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/3 "2009-04-21T14:17:21Z")
Lynszay ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/4 "2009-04-21T14:19:50Z")
Plindsay ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/5 "2009-04-21T14:20:12Z")
Lynndsie ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/6 "2009-04-21T14:22:49Z")
Linze. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/7 "2009-04-21T14:32:32Z")
Lindsey ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/8 "2009-04-21T14:34:54Z")
Linsey. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/9 "2009-04-21T14:38:20Z")
Lynnezey ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/10 "2009-04-21T14:39:07Z")
Sorry for starting with not following directions, but I thought this was going to be about how all of a sudden, no one has any freaking idea how to spell this name. It’s my name, and all of a sudden 80% of people assume it’s LindsEy. Why? Why always assume that? The crazy Lohan who shares my name spells it like me, too. Why isn’t the -ay spelling the default one, with that? And I get a crap ton of people who hear my name on the phone and say, “L-I-N-S-Y?” What the fuck? Have you not heard the fucking name before? Why would you assume that’s the spelling? Goddamn! Anyway, to contribute: Lynzy (which yes, someone spelled my name as before). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/11 "2009-04-21T14:41:51Z")
George ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/12 "2009-04-21T14:43:05Z")
LinZ ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/13 "2009-04-21T14:43:52Z")
לינדזי ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/14 "2009-04-21T14:46:09Z")
Flax ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/15 "2009-04-21T15:06:26Z")
Linseed. The “d” is silent. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/16 "2009-04-21T15:19:10Z")
Lynz. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/17 "2009-04-21T15:19:40Z")
リンシイ Or, if you pronounce the D… リンドシイ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/18 "2009-04-21T15:22:50Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > Linseed. The “d” is silent. Emil Francis Watanabe. The W is silent. ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/19 "2009-04-21T15:34:34Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Sorry for starting with not following directions, but I thought this was going to be about how all of a sudden, no one has any freaking idea how to spell this name. > > It’s my name, and all of a sudden 80% of people assume it’s LindsEy. Why? Why always assume that? The crazy Lohan who shares my name spells it like me, too. Why isn’t the -ay spelling the default one, with that? This is actually my name as well, except mine is spelled e-y. I have never, ever, ever in my life encountered someone to spelled it with an E the first time around. I always have to correct people, and even then the number of times people spell it with an A is shocking. Traditionally the e-y spelling is the male spelling ('sup, Lindsey Graham?) and a-y is the female spelling ('sup, La Lohan?). None of which helps me even a whit when spelling my name to folks. Fucking name. I hate it. Anyway, “Lynnzee.” ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-the-name-lindsay/493838/20 "2009-04-21T15:47:37Z")
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