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You meant [[Lief]].
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Famous Leifs, Erickson and Garret.
  
Ordinarily this page would simply be a redirect, but that might leave you thinking you spelled it right.
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This is probably not the same as other misspellings, as the proper name, going back to the vikings, was spelled Leif, not [[Lief]].
  
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However, the most famous person in amtgard whose name is prounced like those green things on trees apparently spells it [[Lief]].  So in a sense, he spelled it wrong, though of course anyone can spell their own name any way they wish.
  
 
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[[category: Common Amtgard Misspellings]]

Latest revision as of 12:23, 20 July 2009

LeifErikson1968stamp.jpg Leif07192004.jpg
Famous Leifs, Erickson and Garret.

This is probably not the same as other misspellings, as the proper name, going back to the vikings, was spelled Leif, not Lief.

However, the most famous person in amtgard whose name is prounced like those green things on trees apparently spells it Lief. So in a sense, he spelled it wrong, though of course anyone can spell their own name any way they wish.