--- title: Is creating my own names that bad | daily.dev description: A writer defends their choice to use unconventional character name spellings (e.g., 'Ammy' instead of 'Amy') as an intentional creative decision to make... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/is-creating-my-own-names-that-bad-i4l7qasdy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Is creating my own names that bad | daily.dev og:description: A writer defends their choice to use unconventional character name spellings (e.g., 'Ammy' instead of 'Amy') as an intentional creative decision to make... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-creating-my-own-names-that-bad-i4l7qasdy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/I4L7qasDy.png og:image:alt: Is creating my own names that bad og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Is creating my own names that bad **[Game Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/game_developers)** · [@trifon4o](https://daily.dev/trifon4o) · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A writer defends their choice to use unconventional character name spellings (e.g., 'Ammy' instead of 'Amy') as an intentional creative decision to make characters feel unnatural and distinctive, dismissing criticism about the spelling as trivial. ## Content Hello everyone, I received a complaint that I wrote the name Ammy wrongly, yes it is wrong, but I don't care, the idea of the character is to be unnatural and not ordinary, so yeah I know That Amy is right, but I don't think it's such a big pain in the ass that there's an one norey "M". ## Similar posts on daily.dev - 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