Name spelling?

[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!

 

[diberry]

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

If Disney's Aladdin can say "a whole new world" I'm sure you can say "a whole other story"!!!!!

 

[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!

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!!!

 

[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!!!

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!

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

 

[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!

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 )

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...!"

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!

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 )

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!!
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

 

[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!".

 

[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

 

[Ware Bears]

Jon was called Mr Gruyere

What!!!

Now that is seriously funny!


Sorry Jon

 

[Miffy2003]

What!!!

Now that is seriously funny!


Sorry Jon

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

(Small things, small minds )

 

[Cyrano]

Sorry Jon

 

[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

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.