Apropos of Nothing

[penmage]

I really hate it when people misspell my name.

It's not a common name. It's unusual, I know, and even the people who share it with me spell it differently than I do. I can excuse it to a degree. If you've just met me, or if you've never seen it written down, or only write my name down infrequently, whatever, I don't care.

BUT. My professional email address is firstname.lastname@gmail.com. Is it SO HARD to realize that I spell my name like the first half of said email address when you're emailing me? Or, when you've known me for a really long time, and had opportunity to see me write my name and spell my name many times, is it so hard to spell it right?

It's totally unjustified, but it seriously pisses me off.

Comments

[rosaleendhu.livejournal.com]

I had some teachers in high school who spent the whole year getting my name wrong every time they read it, and I occasionally felt like I was at war with my French teacher.

People with unusual names should form a support group or something.

[jaenanda.livejournal.com]

When I was younger, my teachers wouldf actually try to correect the spelling of my last name.

Um, no. I know what my name is.

Yup. annoying.