Name spelling?

[Tink78]

My DH's Nan NEVER spells my name right!!
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!!

 

[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....

 

[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!!

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!

 

[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!

 

[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?!

 

[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
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 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. 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?

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

 

[Cyrano]

Can I join this club too 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
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?

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....

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!

 

[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!

Oh I know!!!! It drives me crazy too!!! If I see another "could of" I swear I'll scream!!!

 

[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!!! Oh oh - watch out for the mud to start flying

 

[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!

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