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My new name!

AoifeAoife Community Manager Posts: 3,228 Boards Guru
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Hey everyone,

I just wanted to pop a thread on here to share that I've changed the spelling of my name.

My parents decided to take the 'o' out of my name as they thought it would be easier to recognise and spell as 'Aife' but all through my life I've been called lots of funny names ... Ayf, Efe, Alfie and even Ivy once!

I really like the original Irish spelling of my name which is 'Aoife' so I'm going to start using this spelling of my name. It's also much easier to recognise now as it's more well known now :)

So nice to meet you all, my name is Aoife! :star:

Oh and if you're wondering how to pronounce my name, you say ee-fa! (like fifa but with an 'ee' sound)
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 411 Listening Ear

    Yahooo, I always wondered why there was a missing O 🤔

    It’s so funny how people try and pronounce Irish names 🤣 but I I like the name Aoife!! It’s very Irish , like my name 😀
  • AoifeAoife Community Manager Posts: 3,228 Boards Guru
    Glad you like it @Slinky!

    Yes I don't know why my parents decided to take it out haa! It actually made it more complicated aha!
    Maybe somethings don't get better, but we do. We get stronger. We learn to live with our situations as messy and ugly as they are. We fix what we can and we adapt to what we can't. Maybe some of us will never fully be okay, but at least we're here. We're still trying. We're doing the best we can. That's worth celebrating too ❤
  • Amy22Amy22 Posts: 4,800 The Mix Elder
    I really love that name and its super cool!.
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  • TheNightmareTheNightmare Posts: 2,280 Boards Champion
    Aoife wrote: »
    Hey everyone,

    I just wanted to pop a thread on here to share that I've changed the spelling of my name.

    My parents decided to take the 'o' out of my name as they thought it would be easier to recognise and spell as 'Aife' but all through my life I've been called lots of funny names ... Ayf, Efe, Alfie and even Ivy once!

    I really like the original Irish spelling of my name which is 'Aoife' so I'm going to start using this spelling of my name. It's also much easier to recognise now as it's more well known now :)

    So nice to meet you all, my name is Aoife! :star:

    Oh and if you're wondering how to pronounce my name, you say ee-fa! (like fifa but with an 'ee' sound)

    Lol I assumed that was just typo when you said your name like that on PMs earlier.
  • lunarcat522lunarcat522 Moderator Posts: 608 Incredible Poster
    Lovely name @Aoife I love the spelling! Not sure if you know this but I had to be really careful when sending you messages/email responses etc because my laptop is desperate to autocorrect 'Aife' to Wife and that would be an awkward situation! 😅

    Hopefully it likes the new spelling!
  • Chloe234Chloe234 Community Champion Posts: 3,546 Community Veteran
    Aoife Aoife Aoife Aoife Aoife (ps defo not trying to embedd this in my brain and make autocorrect coorperate) 😝
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  • Rose113Rose113 Community Champion Posts: 2,436 Boards Champion
    Ngl I always said your name as ayf :lol:
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  • AnonymousToeAnonymousToe Posts: 2,381 Boards Champion
    Who’s calling you Alfie? 😂 I originally thought it was ‘Ife’ (like life without the L)
  • eylaheylah Posts: 4,600 The Mix Elder
    i love your name. aoife. <3 .
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  • independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 9,016 Supreme Poster
    Nice one!! I suppose there’ll be no more of my phone autocorrecting your name to wife or even wifi!!
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  • DancerDancer Community Champion Posts: 8,103 Legendary Poster
    independent_ wrote: »
    Nice one!! I suppose there’ll be no more of my phone autocorrecting your name to wife or even wifi!!

    There will definitely still be that!
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  • sinead276sinead276 Posts: 1,634 Extreme Poster
    edited July 1
    @Aoife - i don't think i had even noticed that the O was missing or if i did i think i still assumed it to be pronounced as Aoife is - and from one Irish name to another I say definitely embrace the Irish spelling. It took me years to accept the fact the E in Sinéad has the little thing on, but I often just leave it off because it's easier to type/people to remember - plus some forms and things don't recognise "é" so i have to just do an e

    Embrace the Irish-ness of our names 😂
  • JustVJustV Community Manager Posts: 5,579 Part of The Furniture
    lunarcat522 wrote: »
    Lovely name @Aoife I love the spelling! Not sure if you know this but I had to be really careful when sending you messages/email responses etc because my laptop is desperate to autocorrect 'Aife' to Wife and that would be an awkward situation! 😅

    Hopefully it likes the new spelling!
    This happens to me on a daily basis! One or two awkward moments when we first started working together haha
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  • ebyrne556ebyrne556 Moderator Posts: 1,147 Wise Owl
    Love it! Irish people unite hehe <3
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  • AnonymousToeAnonymousToe Posts: 2,381 Boards Champion
    you haven’t changed the spelling of your name in the signature of the TheMix account, so it links to a non-existent user 😂
  • Chloe234Chloe234 Community Champion Posts: 3,546 Community Veteran
    edited August 9
    Nor is the name fully changed on the staff bit :p
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    Also ella doesn't have a spotlight on the staff page 🤣 poor ella 😝
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  • GemmaGemma Community Manager Posts: 1,138 Wise Owl
    edited August 11
    AnonymousToe wrote: »
    you haven’t changed the spelling of your name in the signature of the TheMix account, so it links to a non-existent user 😂

    Good shout Toe :D I have updated that now for us!!
    Chloe234 wrote: »
    Nor is the name fully changed on the staff bit :p
    Also ella doesn't have a spotlight on the staff page 🤣 poor ella 😝

    Also yes we usually get staff onto the staff page of The Mix after 3 months of them being with us but @ella's time here has flown by, it's been like 6 months now!!

    But I have to say the meet the team website does need some love, there's some people on there who have now left and some people who've been here for a while are not on there :D
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  • Chloe234Chloe234 Community Champion Posts: 3,546 Community Veteran
    edited August 12
    Also yes we usually get staff onto the staff page of The Mix after 3 months of them being with us but @ella's time here has flown by, it's been like 6 months now!!

    But I have to say the meet the team website does need some love, there's some people on there who have now left and some people who've been here for a while are not on there :D

    No way its been 6 months :o Hehe ella didnt get scared off by us :p
    Ahahah defo something for the to do list then aha
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  • AoifeAoife Community Manager Posts: 3,228 Boards Guru
    Thank youu @AnonymousToe & @Chloe234! It's quite a process updating my name everywhere, so many things I didn't think about! Hopefully the staff page will be updated soon with my new name and Ella too!
    Maybe somethings don't get better, but we do. We get stronger. We learn to live with our situations as messy and ugly as they are. We fix what we can and we adapt to what we can't. Maybe some of us will never fully be okay, but at least we're here. We're still trying. We're doing the best we can. That's worth celebrating too ❤
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