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   From: rescyou@spro.net   
      
   On 11 Dec 2006 13:06:00 -0800, mike.j.harvey@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Kevin S. Wilson wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> > Why, oh why, does   
   >> >everybody spell Britney Spears' given name B-r-i-t-t-a-n-y? It's not as   
   >> >if it hasn't been printed in a squillion places since about 1998.   
   >>   
   >> Maybe, d00d, but what matters is what's printed on her birth   
   >> certificate. HINT:  B-r-i-t-t-a-n-y.   
   >   
   >Quote:-   
   >   
   >Why the odd name spelling?   
   >   
   >My mom has said something about that before. She said everybody spelled   
   >their name like that (Brittany). She wanted it to be different so she   
   >spelled it basically the way you say it. My middle name is Jean.   
   >   
   >USA Weekend Magazine, May 2nd 1999.   
   >   
   >You've seen her birth certificate?   
      
   Of course not. It was a copy.   
      
   PS:  I'm sure your mom is a nice lady and all, but how she decided to   
   spell your name is irrelevant. Also, is your middle name pronounced   
   like the French "Jean" (like "John" but with a sort of drawn-out, gay   
   "shhh" instead of a "Juh" at the beginning)?   
      
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