I'll TELL you what's in a name, mister

[slemslempike]

Poll about spellings, inspired by Anne Shirley's assertion in Anne of Windy Willows/Poplars that "Catherine with a C is smug", causing her bitter colleague Katherine to start writing her name with a C in notes to Anne. Assume that both names would be pronounced the same (they are by me), just which spelling you prefer. I promise no repercussions for q5, I am just curious!

[Poll #1448127]

Also - can't be bothered to edit the poll to put this in - does your name get misspelled often, and does it annoy you?

Comments

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Do you get Jayne a lot? I don't see it very often.

I did once meet someone called Clayre.

[snowballjane.livejournal.com]

I do. I got it in a reply to a (work) email the other week. The person clearly had my email address right in front of them and still managed to type "Hi Jayne".

[alltheleaves.livejournal.com]

The weirdest name muddling is that I very often get called Rachel. Similarly in work e-mails, people have responded saying "Dear Rachel", it's not even like they're spelling my name wrong, that's just a whole wrong name. And how do they get it SO wrong when my actual name is in front of them. And they've met me!

[cellardor.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, Jane/Jayne. My middle name/second part of first name is Jayne, and my mum is Jayne, and she's always having her name spelled Jane. It looks so wrong, it's not her name!

How many times can I say Jane/Jayne in one comment?