Dear Jeni,
Why are you a Jeni and not a Jenny? Don't try to tell me that Jenny is a characteristic of a fake Jeni because I've known several real Jenis who are Jennys. Or should that be Jennies?
jenifan5000
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Dear jenifan,
Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a young girl named Jennifer who longed to escape the confines of her given name and the equally burdensome yoke of the quotidian. Said girl began to thwart the name lavished upon her by doting parents and would shorten her name to Jeni, Jenny, Jen, Jenn, Jenni, Jeny, and other absurd variations. Eventually, she grew tired of such whimsical experiments and settled upon a single spelling using all of her infinite wisdom. A name ending in "i," you see, is a very prized possession among young females. It bestows cuteness upon its owner, allowing her the distinct privilege of adorning the vowel with a bubble rather than a dot. Later, whilst in college, our heroine abandoned her girlish habit of using bubbles and spelling her name in all lowercase letters and grew into the more sophisticated Jeni that you know today.
Jeni
P.S. The plural of "Jenny" is, of course, "Jennies," suggesting the latent importance of the "i" in all variations of the name.
Why are you a Jeni and not a Jenny? Don't try to tell me that Jenny is a characteristic of a fake Jeni because I've known several real Jenis who are Jennys. Or should that be Jennies?
jenifan5000
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Dear jenifan,
Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a young girl named Jennifer who longed to escape the confines of her given name and the equally burdensome yoke of the quotidian. Said girl began to thwart the name lavished upon her by doting parents and would shorten her name to Jeni, Jenny, Jen, Jenn, Jenni, Jeny, and other absurd variations. Eventually, she grew tired of such whimsical experiments and settled upon a single spelling using all of her infinite wisdom. A name ending in "i," you see, is a very prized possession among young females. It bestows cuteness upon its owner, allowing her the distinct privilege of adorning the vowel with a bubble rather than a dot. Later, whilst in college, our heroine abandoned her girlish habit of using bubbles and spelling her name in all lowercase letters and grew into the more sophisticated Jeni that you know today.
Jeni
P.S. The plural of "Jenny" is, of course, "Jennies," suggesting the latent importance of the "i" in all variations of the name.
posted by a Jeni at 3:18 PM
2 Comments:
English is a fickle mistress, my friend.
Because when a vowel precedes the terminal "y," it stays a "Y" and does not turn into an "I." You switch to an "I" when the terminal "Y" is preceded by a consonant.
candy = candies
holiday = holidays
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