Theodore John, Teddy, Teddy Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt Bridge, Theo. The youngest of the Wix Six has a lot of names to choose from. The one we use the most caused us to ponder spelling.
Theo is what Michael and I found ourselves calling the little guy and eventually the boys took hold of it too. It wasn't long though, and we found our little clan of 1 syllable name men (Ray, Rob and Sam) shortening Theo to just the 1st syllable as well. Eventually we all dropped the O in The-o.
However, to simply drop the O verbally is one thing, but in print it isn't so simple. Theo becomes The which is a sight word that I teach my preschoolers to read. Add another E we thought. Nope then it looks old English with Thee and while we do love Thee and had the long E going, the Th sound was too harsh.
That's when we had a generational epiphany. Seeing as Theo with no O rhymes with Wii, our little guys name should be spelt Thii.
Like his cousin Kovii!!
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