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

[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!