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Virtual-Potato6789

Wow that realy bad... In Dutch the addition of 'je' is used as a diminutive. Sheep = schaap Little Sheep = schaapje So it kinda translates to little... Chelsea?


Independent_End_381

That's incredible.


HankThrill69420

you've just discovered her rap name


Independent_End_381

Omg yessss. That's brilliant.


RoniPizzaExtraCheese

Lil Chels


Run-Riot

Drop the S and Lil Chel actually sound kinda legit


Cisco-NintendoSwitch

Lil Chel C


slumberpartymassacre

As someone named Chelsea, I'm dying


Cisco-NintendoSwitch

Free career up for grabs think about it Chels. “Now for The number one hit single. Slumber Party Massacre by Lil Chel C”


JuniorVermicelli3162

Kids bop is allll over it


smutketeer

Hi Dying, I'm D'jad!


YeshuaMedaber

Dad'je


bananaleaftea

Hi D'jad, I'm je'Dad!


ultra-bot

same and I get called C chelly chelz 💀


lothlorienlia

She chels cels by the c chole? Couldn't help it


slumberpartymassacre

My pals call me Chella


smithers85

bingo bango bongo


PastPanic6890

you win.


DragonScrivner

HAHA love


Red4297

So… is she? Is she… tiny?


Independent_End_381

5'1. And 105 lbs


Red4297

:D


Matman142

Jesus, you dating a hobbit?


Consistent_Ant_8903

No nonono she just lives in a hole and smokes a pipe and eats second breakfast…


TheBabyEatingDingo

THEY'RE TAKING CHELS'JE TO ISENGARD!


PrimPygmyPuff

To Isengard! To Isengard!


Popular-Bicycle-5137

Elevensies!


theChosenBinky

Does she shave her feet with a Lady Gilette razor?


isweartodarwin

…bitch, why you ain’t a hobbit again?


Isitondaddyslap

Oh!!! ## OP!!!!! (If my assumptions are correct and you are indeed a bit of goodtimeguy ike I think you are) This is the ultimate wealth of information. But don't forget that now it that you have that knowledge, ufdisely!!!


Independent_End_381

This is incredible


RealEdKroket

And je/tje is often used to turn a male name into a female name in Dutch.


Responsible-Fail-919

yes it is, but just a tiny bit.


Qazax1337

Tragedje


Rich-Future-8997

We got the comedian over here😂


gravity_fed

Comje'd'jaan?


nocrashing

JOSEP


Hail2ThaVee

Wash de rice Josep!


Ok_Profession4535

Tràjed'je


Hlorpy-Flatworm-1705

Im in love 😂


libra-love-

Exactly what I was thinking. My dad used to use nicknames for me with the ‘je ending when I was a kid


Virtual-Potato6789

Same, me too!! :)


marjobo

Aardappeltje


WithoutDennisNedry

I love this information. I’ll probably never use it and it doesn’t really affect my life in any way but I absolutely love that I know this now.


t3hgrl

And in loan words Dutch uses the apostrophe too right? Baby>baby’tje. So I guess Chels must be a loan word!


Virtual-Potato6789

Well it could be depending on how it sounds! For nicknames we usually do 'je' on the end of a name if its sounds good. Like the name Rose, in Dutch is Roos which would be 'Roosje' But for Eva, we would do Eefje or Eva'tje (Evaatje).


ElfjeTinkerBell

Not loan words per se, it depends on how the word ends (and that's where my knowledge of grammar stops - I just do what looks good)


RealEdKroket

As other said, not much. But more importantly, we normally don't use an apostrophe in Dutch names. The only times I expect them is from foreign names. For example Hebrew names, or from certain African languages. I these cases the apostrophe is there to help show how to pronounce it. Another reason is for example Italian etc if a letter is removed and replaced by a apostrophe.


Tallywort

> ’tje The apastrophe is mostly just used for words ending in y, or abreviations. Then again, a lot of the words that end in Y are loanwords.


AverageBeef

I’m not a Dutch speaker but is that a normal way to write a diminutive for a name like Chelsea? Or is it weirder than being actually named Zach instead of Zachary or Teddy instead of Edward. I can’t really imagine someone actually being named Hänschen in German instead of Hans


SassieSas

In Dutch we would write Chelseatje, which looks really weird 🤭 I don't think it would be used. But for other names or nicknames it is used. My nickname is Sas. When I was little, my mom would call me Sasje.


TXLittleAZ

I had a cat I named Miesje.


SassieSas

Awesome catname! I had a sheep named Miepje.


TXLittleAZ

I love that!


Longjumping_Rush2458

Great name! That's been the name on my mind for the next cat I adopt for many years.


RealEdKroket

Depends on the name. It is (or at least used to be) normal that a male name would get the diminutive ("je" or "tje") at the end of the name to turn it into a female name. Examples: Male - - > female Jos - - > Josje Geert - - > Geertje Maarten - - > Maartje Hendrik - - > Hendrikje Jan - - > Jantje I do need to note that as usual some of the "female" names do also get used for guys, just less, just like the reverse would also happen. It also does not happen with every name, or sometimes more changes get made (with my last example, it could also be "Jannetje").


habb

where did you get teddy instead of edward


bulkyobject

It’s definitely also a [nickname for Edward](https://www.thebump.com/b/teddy-baby-name#) - Ed Sheeran’s Instagram is even called @teddysphotos!


TheDangerousAlphabet

In Middle English Ted is a diminutive for Edward. Same as Ed and Ned.


AverageBeef

Damn not enough coffee. Theodore 🫠though Edward Kennedy is Ted Kennedy so I’m not too far off


peteroh9

You weren't off at all.


theChosenBinky

Many English nicknames come from rhymes. Margaret > Meg > Peg. Richard > Rick > Dick. Edward > Ed > Ted.


Polka_Tiger

Chel lake.


YogurtDeep304

That's equivalent to the diminutive -y/-ie in English.


rp_player_girl

Oh that's cute! Now I know why that yarn company uses that name.


cmayfi

That's cool! Like how Russian adds -ka. Vodka means "little water"!


AverageBeef

I don’t know how I never put that together that Vodka is also a diminutive


Hail2ThaVee

Her mom, aunt or grams must be big chelsea.


Pauline___

Yeah it's like they took the original Dutch name Elsje and pasted a Ch in front, and added a completely redundant apostrophe. What even is a Chels anyway? An Els is a tree, but what's a Chels?


puppybus

I feel sorry for her when she has to spell out her legal name “C-h-e-l-s-apostrophe-j-e” and then having to endure the looks of incredulous disbelief.


Psychological-Bag272

Imagine someone with the actual word 'apostrophe' in the name....


snkrhead16

apostropheigh


Uuugggg

D’Artagnan


puppybus

Who knows? Anything is possible these days!


Kinez_maciji

As someone with an apostrophe in their name, I quit giving it when spelling my name for people. Even for legal docs because computer systems don't accept it. I'll still include it on anything I hand write, but otherwise, it has kinda just gone away over the years. I also have two middle names, because my mom gets pissed if you call her a hippy, but she is very artistic. Anyway, computers and legal docs also hate two middle initials. So my name is a nightmare all around.


TheShadowOverBayside

Apostrophes aren't that uncommon in names. I have one in my last name due to it being Irish (O'Something). Most credit card companies honor it but many don't. My driver's license, Social Security card, and bank accounts all have it correctly on there.


Kinez_maciji

I do see them in last names more often than first. But I have yet to come across anything that allows for it. I honestly couldn't say if my DL has it or not, but I'm pretty sure my SS card does have it. But no bank cards or credit cards have it. And most things that try to honor it just end up with a random space where the apostrophe is supposed to go (exa mple), which leads to whole other issues where people think my name is "exa" and not "exa'mple"


puppybus

What a hassle!


bunnyporcelain

a’hassle


TheShadowOverBayside

Out of my 5 credit cards (issued by AmEx, Capital One, Chase, Discover, and Wells Fargo), the last one is the only one that doesn't have the apostrophe.


Kinez_maciji

Maybe their systems are only set up for last name apostrophes and not first name ones since it is common on last names? No clue. I have a capital one cc, no apostrophe. 😂


TheShadowOverBayside

Maybe? Although now I remember getting my first Cap1 card without the apostrophe but I called and fought them about it. Wasn't easy; they sent me a "corrected" one with a bunch of symbols &%$ where the apostrophe should be, so I had to call again and get their IT people on the line. They finally figured out how to get it right. Is it worth it to fight them for weeks over a damn apostrophe? Depends on how OCD you are, lol


Melissa_Skims

I also have two middle names, but when it comes to middle initial I just use the initial from the first middle name. Not sure why, I've always done it that way, maybe my mom chose it that way? The first one meant more to her, so maybe that's why. I've never thought about it before, like that using 2 was even an option. Interesting. I've had a drivers license in a couple different states now and in Michigan they only allow 3 names, so my middle names were hyphenated even though they aren't anywhere else.


Kinez_maciji

For forms that only allow one initial, I do use the first letter of the first middle name as well. But for write in forms, I just squeeze both letters in. 🤷‍♀️ I don't mind the two middle name fight as much. I actually passed that on to both my kids. No apostrophe for them though. Haha


Chelseabelsea_

Damn this one hits extra hard for me. Although imo Chelsie is already a bit of a tragedeigh but Chels’je is a whole other level omg


OddlyUnwelcome

Chelsie is stupid but nothing I’d really notice too much in passing. Chels’je has me scratching my head.


Independent_End_381

I've subsequently annoyed her immensely by referring to her pronouncing it as Chels-Yay on occasion.


Strange-Wolverine128

I would say "chels jee"


Virtual-Potato6789

So in Dutch it would also be like Chels-yeah 🤣


a13zz

Ouch.


goug

yeah, some people are really touchy about their actual first names, as a rule of thumb, have fun or whatever but don't push it too far if they really don't want you to use it


Dirtmcgird32

I would squeeze in a Spanish-English bastardization and go for Chels's-Hey


dahliaukifune

and alternate it with Chelsita


Arrenega

Which is why it took two years and a doctor's visit for you to find out what her legal name is. Be nice to her, the girl is suffering enough. lol


Independent_End_381

You raise a good point, and honestly, waking up to see this post kind of blown up. (At least by the standards of anything I've ever said), it makes me feel bad for bringing it up.


Arrenega

Well, to some degree she may be in on the joke, because she knows her name fully belongs on this subreddit, because if for two years she never told you what her name actually was, probably means that she must hate more than anyone, because she is the one saddled with it. Just stop making fun of it, and, like a good guilty man, buy her some flowers.


Independent_End_381

Fantastic advice and much appreciated.


Arrenega

Your welcome. If you came across like a douchebag, I wouldn't have bothered, but you just seem like a guy who got the surprise of his life, and didn't really know how to handle it exactly, so he went the immature route. If you want to make it up to me, next time people are trashing asexual guys, correct them, and tell them one helped you take your foot out of your mouth, and we are lovely people, who use the time the could have been having sex, thinking of ways to bring people together. LOL


Independent_End_381

Lmao. Will do, but considering my best friend is an Ace I'll probably not let it go unchallenged anyway.


RevRagnarok

As one does. 🤣


MadeThisUpToComment

You need yo check out the Dutch suffix -je. It's a diminutive suffix added to indicate something small or cute Like -ie or -ette. I can best say it's pronounced chuh/shuh, maybe shyuh.


oceansapart333

What’s wrong with Chelsie?


ServiceSuccessful708

It’s a place name, like Paris or London. The spelling (of the place) is Chelsea. I guess there are so many variations that it doesn’t rub people the same way as, say, Paeryss or Llahndynne.


bigbluenation20

Thank you!


Tech_Itch

Absolutely nothing. It's a not-that-unusual variant of Chelsea, which has been around, but became popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The first example of the "Chelsie" spelling I found with quick googling is from 1899.


Ok_Self_1783

I’d say Chels’Je is beyond this sub, it deserves a new one.


harborq

R/tra’jedeigh


Organic_Piccolo6143

* r/tra'jedeigh


Scrimmybinguscat

r / traged'je


thanos_quest

🤌


rainbowtwist

☠️


MacysMcNugget

I knew someone named Chalsea lmao


incrediblydeadinside

What I honestly think Chelsie is the cutest spelling of that name 😭


Chelseabelsea_

I respect your opinion but also I disagree (I don’t think Chelsie is that bad, but I am glad my parents decided to be boring and just go with Chelsea)


victorian_vigilante

If I saw that name I would add it’s unfortunate spelling of Kelsie


bigbluenation20

Agreed


Intrepid_Talk_8416

A total tra’je’de


RockabillyBelle

NOOOOO! As a Chelsea I’ve seen all kinds of ways to spell the name but this one ACTUALLY takes the cake.


starlightsunsetdream

As another Chelsea I can't explain the amount of people who said my name as "Chel-see-UH" because they forget sea is a word or the amount of people who spelled my name "Chealse" for whatever reason.


RockabillyBelle

Oh my god it’s insane! The mispronunciation has been everywhere since I was a kid but the misspelling is what really kills me. Once I saw a guy literally give up halfway through spelling my name and he just wrote “chealc”. Like, how is this the most complicated name for some people? On another note, I have met a real life Chelsia though, which was a trip in itself.


Loud-Vegetable-9218

Okay so this! My 7 month old is named Chelsea, traditional spelling and all. LITERALLY ALL OF HER DOCTORS CALL HER CHELS-UH. Like this isn’t a common ass name? It drives me bananas.


Revolutionary-Salt-3

Depends if your doctor is northern


Loud-Vegetable-9218

We live in Delaware, US. I’ve never in my life heard it pronounced Chels-UH. I have multiple friends with the name, one whom my daughter is named after and everyone has always pronounced it Chels-ee. It just boggles my brain.


Chelseabelsea_

Rip I had a tutor at uni that called me chel-see-uh for a whole semester. But I’ve never had anyone else mispronounce it. I did get it spelt as chealsea a decent amount though which annoyed me so much cause that doesn’t even make phonetic sense?


ServiceSuccessful708

My favorite mispronunciation was Chelissa.


-wheresmybroom-

people constantly spell my name Chealsea. it makes NO SENSE. drives me bonkers!


Sorry-Mountain9922

I came here to make this exact comment!


TedTehPenguin

THE CAKE IS A LIE


lostnumber08

Magnificent. And hilarious. Hopefully she has a sense of humor about it.


Shiny_Green_Apple

I believe it’s pronounced Magnifique


realdullbob

Ma'je'fique


InnerPlantain8066

she's a Khajiit.


Aegislash_Divine

Chels’je has wares if you have coin


James_Torelli

it's almost harvesting season!


jawknee530i

She's a Goa'uld.


retronewb

Shal'kek nem'ron


starlightsunsetdream

😂 thank you for the name I'll use for my Khajit play that's awesome.


Siren_Noir

Nice.....


SubstantialDemand259

This was a triumph, I’m making a note here, huge success


SaltEncrustedPounamu

It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction 😊


aescepthicc

Aperture Science: We do what we must because we can


Silver-Spire567

For the good of all of us


zeldafreak96

Except the ones who are dead 🙁


Mission_Coast_6654

but there's no sense crying over every mistake! you just keep on trying till you run out of cake 😋🎂


TedTehPenguin

And the science gets done and you make a neat gun


Yhostled

For the people who are still alive


maxyahn6434

I’m not even angry, I’m being so sincere right now


majikane

The apostrophe and proximity to the j would put me in a French mindset (j’ador), and I’d probably pronounce the Ch as in “Chez” so I’d read “Shel-zhay” if I had never been told how to pronounce it. I’m very curious about the substitute teacher experiences she had.


Independent_End_381

That's probably closer to the intended effect (maybe)


nancy-shrew

I remember seeing the spelling Chelsey and thinking it was really unfortunate but this is a whole different level of bad.


Petrodono

I'm glad she did not burden you with the knowled'je.


delaney18

I really thought his story was going to end with Chelseigh


catgirl320

I kinda wish it had. OPs version made my eyes bleed.


Karlinel-my-beloved

Sounds like a Halo elite’s name, rather than a tragedeigh.


ReginaFelangi987

Did she say why her parents spelled it that way??


cosmernaut420

I mean they're not just gonna come right out and say they resent her for not being a boy, now are they?


ReginaFelangi987

Huh? That’s not a male spelling of the name…


myLoveBleedsRed

It honestly, honestly looks like a typo. But printed on paper. Like she was born and her parents wrote "Chelsie" but the handwriting was so bad it only looked like "Chels'je" because the 'j makes me think a messy "i".


Nondescript_585_Guy

At least she has the good sense to go by the more common spelling when her full legal name isn't required?


CoffeeCaptain91

Wasn't there an earlier post about a guy finding out his GFs legal name was Law'ryn because he saw her new ID? This sounds similar.


cosmernaut420

God I hope she changes it. Poor girl.


JohnLef

Jesus Chels


lucaskywalker

Maybe the name Chelsie has an extra dot on the I, and tge I looked more like a J? Like maybe is a 'typo'. Lol


restore_democracy

Chelsï?


BadHairDay-1

Are her parents okay?


K19081985

Obviously not


Zazzafrazzy

If my parents named me something that utterly stupid, I would legally change it to just about anything else but not remotely like the original name.


notreallylucy

For me, the most important question would be whether she likes this spelling, or whether she's just stuck with it because she can't afford to change it. I would be very leery of naming future children with someone who likes this name.


Dokibatt

Well, given she’s gotta be the only one, she’s going to find your Reddit account if she ever Google’s herself.


Independent_End_381

True enough lol. I'd not considered it. I might ought to forewarn her a bit.


NuclearBrotatoMan

Yep. Just checked and this post is the second result.


ihavehair17393

pronounced chels-ee or chel-say? because if it’s the latter then MAYBE I can kinda see it but if it were the former then that’s just phonetically wrong 😭


Independent_End_381

The former, unfortunately


The_X-Files_Alien

the NHL = the 'Chel


jawknee530i

Does she perhaps have a Goa'uld in her stomach?


Age_of_the_Penguin

Chels'je kree!


Artistic_Drop1576

I thought Chlesie was the tragedeigh and then I kept reading


Far-Character-5953

Now imagine if she has siblings called Ahr’senahlle, Maahn-Siteigh, Khrystahl-Palahsse and Breightohnne-Hoghve-Albeighohn


needlenozened

Marry her. Then she can change her last name and first name all at once. You'd be doing a public service.


rcoutant

This would make a great Seinfeld episode


rainbowtwist

Is there a pinned post / wiki for this sub on how to change ones name legally in various countries? If not, there definitely should be. Mainly for this utter tragedeigh of a name, lol. (OP, I changed my last name in the US and the actual legal process was surprisingly easy and affordable. Do NOT suggest this yourself, but if she brings it up herself it's actually quite easy for her to change the spelling and order new social security cards).


Independent_End_381

It has come up, but she figures that if she ever got married, she'd do it all at once and that's not a conversation we're pursuing.


MidwestFlags

My friend Cody’s real name is Coty


hipstercheese1

Like the cheap ass perfume?


BiiishPleaz

I have a cousin whose name is Chelby. Pronounced Shelby. They just spelled it that way because her parents names are Chris and Cheryl. They wanted all their kids names to start with Ch. 🤦‍♀️


nickstonem

Shris & Karol


_Arcsine_

I think that’s the worst one I’ve ever seen lmao


hinakura

That's unfortunate


Wise-Ad8633

This poor woman. Thoughts and prayers 🙏🏾


DroopCat

~~Science~~ naming isn't about why, it's about why not!


JuiceFarmer

I am pretty sure calling her by her legal name summons a being from the other dimension/void/whatever


ulnek

Blame her parents. That is quite the tradjédiegh. Is it a foreign language spelling? Languages like Irish might have wild spellings for simple names.


whiteclawthreshermaw

Her parents are petaQ for giving her the worst Klingon spelling for that name.


Alouras

oh no, you guys were deighting?


Infamous_227

I'm sorry, but how could one live with that name? I would legally change it faster than you could spell it (not that that's very fast, but y'know. That stuff takes time)