We've all seen the rotating racks with the little notepads, the stationary, the stickers, the mugs with cute designs and the packages of pens that come with an array of name labels from Aaron to Zachary. Then there are the bags with the names stitched in, the backpacks, the t-shirts, the towels, the jewelry and even the picture frames. If you wanted to give someone a gift with their name on it this seems like a sweet, personal idea. Except when the "gift" has their name spelled wrong.
Growing up, this annoyed me to no end. Apparently these companies have no idea that the name Aly exists.
ALI. ALLI. ALLIE. ALLY.
NO.
IT'S ALY. A-L-Y.
Despite this, I have been given the pens labelled with ALLISON. Old notepads with ALISON written in cursive on the front. A hand-made necklace with beads A-L-I. Letters from my own grandmother starting with Dear ALLIE.
Of course, "it's the thought that counts," but in the end it is not my name and that gift is something that should've stayed on the shelves, waiting for a little girl who actually spells her name that way.
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