Le--a

The title of this entry is a name.

Take a minute to think about how to pronounce it.

I went through the possibilities myself when I was told that this was seen on a baby's crib in a maternity ward at a hospital. (Please forgive my poor phonetic attempts.)

Lee-uh or LEE-uh or Lee-UH

Lay-uh or LAY-uh or Lay-UH

Lee-ae or LEE-ae or Lee-AE

There may be other variations, but my brain only thought of the most possibly obvious.

The attitude of the mother when asked by the doctor how to pronounce the name of the child was one of shock and indignation, or at least that is how it was told to me. "It's Luh-DASH-uh." I am sure the following word "idiot" was implied in the tone of the mother's voice. I'll give her this much: the name is certainly original!

Le-a. You mean Ledasha. Of course! Punctuation marks are pronounced in the English language comma Mrs. I mean comma Mrsperiod period Of course period Silly comma ignorant Dr. comma again comma sorry comma Doctorperiod period

Should I have included the word space for the spaces?

I am surprised the doctor didn't laugh at that mother as hard as I did when the story was told to me. Maybe he did when he got home that night.

Intentful

Intentful (n-tntfl)

adj.

1. Marked by having an aim or purpose and a plan to fulfill the design.

2. Exhibiting or characterized by meaning, purport.

3. Having or planning heed for the well-being or happiness of others and a propensity for anticipating their needs or wishes.

4. Law The state of one's mind at the time one plans to carry out an action.
5. Firmly fixed; with forethought; concentrating.

6. Having the mind and will focused on a specific purpose as the result of prior contemplation.

This hybrid came about a night or so ago as my roommate described a thought I intended to do as "thoughtful." I didn't think it was exactly thoughtful because I had not actually done the thought, though I intended to do it. Thus the word intentful was created. And the definitions above are a blend of thoughtful, intent and Marlene.