Brittaneigh

At the start of every semester I scan the student rosters. Sure enough, there you are. If my classes were hip-hop tracks, you’d be the James Brown drum sample. There were three of you in my 10 am class last fall. This past spring I had two in my 9 am class and one each in my three evening classes. That’s a total of eight girls named Brittany with only one spelled that way. The rest are Brittney, Britany, Brittanny, Britney, Britani, Brittny, and Britanni. That doesn’t include the remaining odd few I’ve encountered (I’m looking at you, Brittaneigh). Basically, any arrangement of vowels and letter N after “Brit” allows you into the club.

2015 June 19, Tom Reynolds, “An Open Letter to the Bewildering Number of Ways to Spell “Brittany.” - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency”, in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency