Name spelling?

[ely3857]

Do people ever spell your name wrong? How much does this annoy you?

My name is Jodie Ding.

I get....

Jody
Jodi
Jodey
Joedy
Joedey

Almost never is my name spelt correctly. This doesnt bother me in the slightest but I do wonder where these spellings come from!

My surname on the other hand is a wonderfull source of amusement!

Dean
Dene
Dina
Dinn

Ding? 'your surname is Ding?' 'Yeap D-I-N-G, Ding'

:flower:

Jodie

[FizzyPop]

Well my first name nobody spells wrong :) but my surname thats different :confused3

My surname is Aho :teeth: Its finnish and it sounds as strange as it looks, so not many people say it right either :)

[florida sun]

Hi Jodie

My first name is Suzanne, but I always use Sue, not many variations on that, but people do have fun spelling my Last name which is WEBBLEY, I have had:


Wibbley
Wobbley
Woobley
Weebly
:rotfl2:

Sue :wave:

[mushumadness]

both my names seem to be difficult for people

instead of anna i get...

hannah (which I dont like o be called at all)
Anne
Annie!!! what part of anna sounds like annie

and as for crawshaw I get

carshow
kershaw
cranshaw
rawshaw

you name it, lol

[wilma-bride]

I think the worst thing with my name is that people either spell it

Joe - which is a BOYS NAME

or, even worse

at work, when responding to letters/emails some people actually write John, thinking I have accidentally missed off the 'n' when I have signed my name - as if I don't know how to spell my own name :rotfl:

It doesn't bother me if people miss off the 'h' as I accept that I am awkward for spelling it like that. But it does wind me up when I get Joe or John

And, as for the surname, people usually put two l's in it so we normally get

Allcock, which of course is even more embarrassing than the real thing

[diberry]

I must admit I get very very cross when people get my first name wrong. It's Diana which is not a name I particularly like but it's not that difficult either, yet everybody calls me Diane which is not a bad name at all - just not my name. I can't understand why people find that extra syllable so difficult. I absolutely hate it but have yet to find a suitable way of dealing with it. If I introduce myself as Diana you can bet your bottom dollar I'll be called Diane the next time we meet and if I introduce myself as Di it actually gets lengthened to Diane. When we moved her 27 years ago I introduced myself to everybody as Di, which is what DH has always called me, and yet nearly all the neighbours call me Diane. Even my FIL called me Diane to his dying day. I thought when Princess Diana came on the scene that that would help - but it didn't!!! It really grates with me - makes me furious in fact but I can't think of a solution except to wear a sign round my neck saying :"It's Diana with an "A"!!!!!

[JohnnySharp2]

My surname is SHARP , however, the number of people who put SHARPE surprises and annoys me.

[gilld]

If you think you all have problems with your name being spelled correctly, you ought to have a surname like us - DANCYGER!! A nightmare!!!

[JohnnySharp2]

If you think you all have problems with your name being spelled correctly, you ought to have a surname like us - DANCYGER!! A nightmare!!!

Makes my problem seem very straight-forward.

[Bonnie]

People always mishear my name, especially on the phone, so I get:

Polly (the most common)
Connie
Holly
Johnny :(
Bernie
Dolly
Lolly
Vonny
Buffy (yes, I actually received a package from a telephone order company addressed to Buffy!)

I also get a lot of people who spell it Bonny or ask me what my "real name" is! How cheeky. Most people think it's short for either Bonita or Yvonne and are really surprised when I tell them it's my actual name, and that it's on my birth certificate!

My surname is Gough which is sometimes spelt Goff or Gogh, although with the arrival of Darren Gough it has got slightly better! Whenever I give my name to someone I always say "Gough, that's G-O-U-G-H" because when I was growing up my mum would always do that, hehe! Most times they nod and have already spelt it correctly. :)

The pronunciation of my last name is quite something else, though. Goff, Guff, Gow, Go, Goog, Goof, Goag... the list goes on!

[JohnnySharp2]

[QUOTE=Bonnie]People always mishear my name, especially on the phone, so I get:

Polly (the most common)
Connie
Holly
Johnny :(
Bernie
Dolly
Lolly
Vonny
Buffy (yes, I actually received a package from a telephone order company addressed to Buffy!) [QUOTE=Bonnie]


Hey there is nothing wrong with Johnny, great name ;)

[Minniespal]

Depends how I am feeling when I see it. If I am in a good mood it usually doesn't bother me and I will have a chuckle about it but if I am feeling a little grumpy it really irriatates me.

I have had people call me Florance, flo and for some strange reason Frances :confused3

[Madjock]

Yes my name usually always ends up being spelt Anne-Marie, even when I have spelt it out for people “no E at the end of Anne and no hyphen”!

What infuriates me though, totally makes my blood boil, is when I’ve introduced myself to someone and they then call me Anne! If my name was Anne I would’ve told you it was Anne but it’s not it’s Annmarie, arrrrggggh
:mad: Sorry can you tell how much this irritates me :rolleyes1

[AlanUK]

It's not all that hard to get Alan wrong, although some people go for the different spellings, the most common of which seems to be Allan. I can't say it particularly bothers me unless it is on an important document, in which case I would get it corrected. :)

What annoys me far more is that my dads side of the family seem to think that Kaylee is called Kylie :confused3 Even after she has been introduced as Kaylee and they have had numerous Christmas and birthday cards from Alan & Kaylee we still get them for Alan & Kylie :mad:

[JohnnySharp2]

It's not all that hard to get Alan wrong, although some people go for the different spellings, the most common of which seems to be Allan. I can't say it particularly bothers me unless it is on an important document, in which case I would get it corrected. :)

What annoys me far more is that my dads side of the family seem to think that Kaylee is called Kylie :confused3 Even after she has been introduced as Kaylee and they have had numerous Christmas and birthday cards from Alan & Kaylee we still get them for Alan & Kylie :mad:

Is she not Australian then?

[AlanUK]

No she's not Australian and to top it off she doesn't even like Neighbours :scared1:

[Funniebunny]

My first name is Emma but I have had it spelt Emmer and my Father-in-Law, who calls me Em, once sent me a card with M on it. Now I thought I had the easiest name in the world but obviously not.

My surname in Beresford, the English seem to be ok with this but American's have great difficulty spelling and saying it. There are many variations: Berrisford, Berresford, Berisford etc.

:confused3 I really don't understand why people find names difficult so I usually spell it to them phonetically but they still get it wrong.

[SEVANS2208]

My surname is Evans which you can't really go wrong with, apart from our foreign call centre friends who pronounce it "E Vans"!

My first name is Sarah which is quite common but people still get it wrong - often the "h" goes in the wrong place!

The only thing that really winds me up though is people shortening Sarah to "Sar" (rhyming with stair!).

[KayleeUK]

I know my name is not common, but it does annoy me when people I have known for a very long time still spell my name wrong :(

[floridalol]

My first name is Laurence. 99% of all letters I receive are spelt Lawrence.
But I've always been known as Lol. Since computerspeak has decided that this means Laugh Out Loud lots of people think I am being rude when I sign off my emails Lol!!!! For some unknown reason someone said to me "can I call you Larry" when I introduced myself as Laurence but that I'm known as Lol, my reply was (toned down for these sensitive boards) "only if you want to brush your teeth through another orifice!"

Lol

[Tink78]

My DH's Nan NEVER spells my name right!! :mad:
My name is Karen, and she changes her spelling each year:

Carran
Carren
Caren
Karyn
Caryn

IT'S KAREN - I thought that was one of the easiest names to spell.

My maiden name was Checkley, and when you do a spell check on that you get Cheekly which is probably more appropriate for me!! :rotfl:

[snookhams]

I get various spellings of Claire (as you would) - and my sister Jayne rarely gets hers spelt correctly.

Now my surname is often a cause mis-spelling - its STEPTON, not stepto(e) - even though my dearest FIL was the image of the old man in the said programme, I try spelling it or even saying Stepton as is STEPT ON, but still they get it wrong - my maiden name was TESTER and even that was often mis-spelt as TESTA or even TESSA!!!!

[Pawpaws]

My name is Paula - I get called Pauline, Paulette, Paul and Paulie, whilst my surname (McBride) becomes Bride, MacBride, McBridd, McBryde.

Oh well.... :confused3

[PigSoldier]

I'm Susanna, or Suzi for short, and I really hate it when people call be Susan or Suzanne, it's just not my name!! :sad2:

I have a lady in my French class who calls me Judy. I didn't bother correcting her, because I didn't think it mattered too much, but now, 6 weeks in, every single week I get 'Hiya Judy!' and it's too late to put a stop to it! :p

[KayleeUK]

I have a lady in my French class who calls me Judy. I didn't bother correcting her, because I didn't think it mattered too much, but now, 6 weeks in, every single week I get 'Hiya Judy!' and it's too late to put a stop to it! :p


:rotfl:

[wils]

It's not all that hard to get Alan wrong, although some people go for the different spellings, the most common of which seems to be Allan.

When we were waiting to register DS at the registry office last week we were looking at the Wedding Banns on the wall and noticed an 'Allan' who had been previously known as 'Alan' - quite why anyone would bother to change their name from one to the other I don't know?! :earsboy:

[Clare D]

Well I am a Clare with no I but I have it spelt as Claire, Clair and on the phone Ihave had people say 'Sorry Carl?' or even Carol :rolleyes:
My surname is Davison and the most common mis spelling is Davidson which really winds me up. My DH who is Steve was once called Steve Davis when I was getting a new mobile and the staff fell about laughing :rotfl: He was not vey impressed.

[vicky1bfc]

I get load's of different spelling's of Vicky,as you would.Most even shorten that down to Vic which i don't mind but someone even called me V. :confused3 Just how short do they want to make it.

My married name is not half as bad as my maiden name,That was Brucesmith and it was NEVER spelt right.My married names Culshaw,most people seem to be able to master that.

[DisneyRGB]

As you can imagine, Rhiannon doesn't get spelt correctly very often! All sorts of variations! Spelling doesn't bother me as much as when people SAY my name wrong - people often shorten it to:

Rhianna
Rhian
Rhia
Rhi

I don't know whether it's laziness or whether they think I won't mind having my name shortened but I'd never call someone by a shortened name (even a common one e.g. Dave for David) unless I knew they didn't mind.

I also have received several letters to "MR" Rhiannon Berry!! Not too happy about that but I suppose if people don't know they guess it's a bloke's name!

Now Berry you think would be simple - but I'm often asked to spell it - perhaps people think it's Perry or spelt Bury? :confused3

Doesn't seem there are many names that are spelt or said correctly, even the simple ones!

[Cyrano]

Can I join this club too :teeth: It is my surname that is regulary spelt wrong, even the bank I've been with for years. My replacement switch and credit cards always take two attempts :rolleyes:
It is Hutchison not Hutchinson

[diberry]

Reading all these makes me feel better about all the mistakes people make with my name - at least I know I'm not on my own!!!

[londonpenguin]

My first name is Teresa, and the most common "misspelling" I get is Theresa. Over the years, I've also gotten Terresa, Teressa, Terisa, Thersa, Tersa, and Tresa. Also, occasionally someone can't get that last syllable and will call me Therese.

My last name is MacDonald, so of course I get McDonald all the time. I also get Macdonald, McDonell, Mac Donald (as if Mac were my middle name), MacDougal, etc. What's really annoying are the people who think they're so clever when they ask if I'm related to "the restaurant people." First of all, I believe the name of the people who turned McDonald's into a fast-food empire was Kroc. Second of all, if I were the heir to that fortune, would I really be standing here in line at the Post Office talking to you? :rolleyes:

When I got my very first mortgage statement, I found that the company had spelled my name without a capital D. I called them up to correct it, but you would not believe the rigmarole! First, they wouldn't even contemplate making such a small change until I had given them my account number, middle name, birthdate, Social Security number, mother's maiden name, and my grade point average in high school. Then, they finally decided that they couldn't make the change anyway, because their computers couldn't accommodate a capital letter in the middle of a word. I don't know why I found that so annoying, but I did.

[JohnnySharp2]

When I got my very first mortgage statement, I found that the company had spelled my name without a capital D. I called them up to correct it, but you would not believe the rigmarole! First, they wouldn't even contemplate making such a small change until I had given them my account number, middle name, birthdate, Social Security number, mother's maiden name, and my grand point average in high school. Then, they finally decided that they couldn't make the change anyway, because their computers couldn't accommodate a capital letter in the middle of a word. I don't know why I found that so annoying, but I did.

That's ok - I would find that annoying too Teresa.

[#1MMFan]

Why is it some people think John is spelt JHON.???? Ji-honnn?????? I don't think so.

[Night-train]

My name is Paula - I get called Pauline, Paulette, Paul and Paulie, whilst my surname (McBride) becomes Bride, MacBride, McBridd, McBryde.

Oh well.... :confused3

I'm a McBride too, and all sorts of weird and wonderful variations of it keep arriving in the post. For quite some time Reader's Digest (Yeah, I know!!!) referred to me as Mr Mc Bridge, despite being corrected several times!! It galls me almost as much as some of the spelling and grammar I see used on these boards, but that's a whole other story! :rolleyes1

[Ware Bears]

I have been called Eileen in the past but I can live with that. (No offence to any Eileens out there!) However DH who is Bryan always finds relatives/friends/workmates (in other words, people who should know better!) spell it as Brian. My MIL often puts Daniella in my DD Danielle's birthday/Christmas cards. We take bets on how she will have spelt it before DD opens it!

[diberry]

It galls me almost as much as some of the spelling and grammar I see used on these boards, but that's a whole other story! :rolleyes1Oh I know!!!! It drives me crazy too!!! If I see another "could of" I swear I'll scream!!! :rotfl:

[Night-train]

That's the very one I was thinking of Diana! There are plenty of other examples but that one sticks out above them by some margin! Get it right people! It's 'could have', not 'could of'!!!!!

[diberry]

That's the very one I was thinking of Diana! There are plenty of other examples but that one sticks out above them by some margin! Get it right people! It's 'could have', not 'could of'!!!!!
What a breath of fresh air to find someone else who thinks such things matter!! I'm always afraid to be thought of as old-fashioned and/or elitist or something similar because I really do think spelling and grammar are incredibly important. But that's probably because I spent all my working life trying to teach German & French to people who can't speak English properly!!! :rotfl2:Oh oh - watch out for the mud to start flying :duck:

[floridalol]

It galls me almost as much as some of the spelling and grammar I see used on these boards, but that's a whole other story! :rolleyes1

I agree with this and incidentally surely it should be "that's another story"? :teeth:

[Ware Bears]

What a breath of fresh air to find someone else who thinks such things matter!! I'm always afraid to be thought of as old-fashioned and/or elitist or something similar because I really do think spelling and grammar are incredibly important.
What annoys me more than anything is that all my DDs talked nicely until they started school and then it all went downhill! Apart from "could of" instead of "could have", what really irritates me is when they don't pronounce the "t" in Saturday or kettle. I seem to spend my whole life correcting them, I thought it was just me who was an old nag! :rotfl2:

[diberry]

I agree with this and incidentally surely it should be "that's another story"? :teeth:If Disney's Aladdin can say "a whole new world" I'm sure you can say "a whole other story"!!!!! ;) :rotfl2: :rotfl:

[diberry]

What annoys me more than anything is that all my DDs talked nicely until they started school and then it all went downhill! Apart from "could of" instead of "could have", what really irritates me is when they don't pronounce the "t" in Saturday or kettle. I seem to spend my whole life correcting them, I thought it was just me who was an old nag! :rotfl2:Ooooh - a heartfelt "yesssss" to that one Elaine - I have been known to correct my 2 "children" (on a daily basis!!!!! ;) ) about that particular thing. They got even worse when they started going to work - beware!!! :earseek:

[Richard Bruvofetc]

Ooooh - a heartfelt "yesssss" to that one Elaine - I have been known to correct my 2 "children" (on a daily basis!!!!! ;) ) about that particular thing. They got even worse when they started going to work - beware!!! :earseek:

Buh 'er instead of butter
Leh 'er instead of letter
There, their, they're....
Your, you're....

...dare igen, yer not cool if ya dunna speak proppa! Nat-a-meen? innit! :rotfl2:

At least when I correct my daughter, she's sensible enough to listen. :flower:

[floridalol]

Buh 'er instead of butter

Reminds me of when I was young and I said to my grandad "Pass the bu''er please?" and he said "It's BUTTER" so I replied "Pass the butter please?" and he replied "That's be''er!".

[floridalol]

Night-train, I apologize for pointing out an error you obviously did on purpose -when I first read your post the smilie did not appear on my screen!

[diberry]

Buh 'er instead of butter
Leh 'er instead of letter
There, their, they're....
Your, you're....

...dare igen, yer not cool if ya dunna speak proppa! Nat-a-meen? innit! :rotfl2:


:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Oh it's so good to find people who feel the same!!!!

[princess jackson]

Yep,

I must admit i to get annoyed with my first name, GINETTE, which people spell it,

Janette
jeanette

AND even when i spell it out and get strange looks whilst spelling, their pen still seems to write
JINETTE.

So i have to say gin as the drink (that maybe where the strange looks come from LOL :rotfl2: )

Then follow with the rest, my surname is easy, JACKSON.

CM at WDW still find that one hard to spell correctly lol

[Pawpaws]

Hi Night-train

I noticed you live in Coleraine - my husband's family live in Coleraine, Portstewart and Articlave. "It's a small world after all...!" :cool1:

Paula

[Night-train]

Night-train, I apologize for pointing out an error you obviously did on purpose -when I first read your post the smilie did not appear on my screen!

I was using a tongue-in-cheek Americanism, no apology necessary! :teeth:

Pawpaws, what's your DH's family name? Might know of his relatives, or my in-laws may know of them as they are also from the Articlave/Coleraine area.

[Netty]

Yep,

I must admit i to get annoyed with my first name, GINETTE, which people spell it,

Janette
jeanette

AND even when i spell it out and get strange looks whilst spelling, their pen still seems to write
JINETTE.

So i have to say gin as the drink (that maybe where the strange looks come from LOL :rotfl2: )

Then follow with the rest, my surname is easy, JACKSON.

CM at WDW still find that one hard to spell correctly lol

mine name's JEANETTE!! :teeth:
which gets spelt different ways
jinette,
janette
jeannette
and for short some people call me jan,which i hate!!!!

[Goofyish]

I had a pack of business cards printed at work once and they managed to spell my surname without the 'm' !

My surname is Armstrong!

Not sure if the mistake was on purpose or not though :)

[diberry]

I had a pack of business cards printed at work once and they managed to spell my surname without the 'm' !

My surname is Armstrong!

Not sure if the mistake was on purpose or not though :) :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[Ware Bears]

Reminds me of when I was young and I said to my grandad "Pass the bu''er please?" and he said "It's BUTTER" so I replied "Pass the butter please?" and he replied "That's be''er!".
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[Miffy2003]

With a maiden name of Bibby and a married name of Govier I have been called all sorts!

Dibby
Biddy
Bibey
Diddy
Bippy
Pippy
etc etc

For Govier I have had lots of interesting variations on the theme but my favourite was when Jon was called Mr Gruyere :teeth:

[Ware Bears]

Jon was called Mr Gruyere :teeth:
What!!! :scared1: :scared: :scared1:

Now that is seriously funny! :rotfl: :rotfl:


Sorry Jon :blush:

[Miffy2003]

What!!! :scared1: :scared: :scared1:

Now that is seriously funny! :rotfl: :rotfl:


Sorry Jon :blush:

I know Elaine, I often refer to him now as Mr Gruyere as it entertains me no end :teeth:

(Small things, small minds ;) )

[Cyrano]

Sorry Jon :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[Pawpaws]

Hi Night-train

My husband's (Keith) family names are McBride, Kennedy, Oliver, Johnston (and tons of others - big family connections around the north coast - everyone I meet seems to be related to him!)
Cheers
Paula

[disneyangel]

Since I married my surname is Hannah. Myself (Angela) and DD (Jessica) are now often referred to as Hannah as a first name which I can kind of understand as it's predominantly used as a first name but I've never heard of anyone with a surname of Angela or Jessica :confused3

It's an improvement on my maiden name which was Provan - which no-one ever got right , although the pronounciation was usually worse than the spelling.

[Night-train]

Hi Night-train

My husband's (Keith) family names are McBride, Kennedy, Oliver, Johnston (and tons of others - big family connections around the north coast - everyone I meet seems to be related to him!)
Cheers
Paula

Hi Paula, was going to send you a pm but you don't seem to have it enabled. :confused3

[lagunn]

hi! my name is Lesley and it really grates me when i am called Les :confused3 , but even worse is when it is spelled Leslie.

the best one for me though is my single name. (wait for it)
Cronk or as some people used to say Crank,Croak,Crouch and even Conk :blush: