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

[lsugaralmond.livejournal.com]

I HATE when people spell my name Lizzy. Especially if I've already told them it's Lizzie. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME.

But, much worse is when people hear that I'm called Lizzie and then immediately shorten it to Liz. Liz is NOT my name. My passive aggressive response is to immediately shorten their names to the first syllable as well. A guy at work called Lionel calls me Liz, so I call him Li. I suspect the subtlety is lost on him.

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I've spent about twenty years trying to train my parents out of calling Peter Pete, so I share your pain and incomprehension. The bizarre thing is that one of my uncles and my father's old business partner are both called Pete, leading to a constant low-level confusion about which Pete they're talking about, so you'd think they'd be grateful not to add another one.

[cellardor.livejournal.com]

When we were doing all the hen do stuff Rachel kept writing your name as Lizzy, and it wound me up too. I kept thinking 'who is this person you are referring to!?'

[lsugaralmond.livejournal.com]

How long have I been telling Rachel how to spell my name? TEN YEARS. But I will not give up.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Start sticking an a in her name, and increase the extra vowels until she gets it right.