Spelled Your Name Wrong
A simple it happens often i just wanted to.
Spelled your name wrong. Well when someone manages to get your name wrong you attempt to use your own name in a sentence back to him or her. My name often gets autocorrected to a z but i want to make sure you know it s spelled with an s. But if you can find a way to pull it off without sounding completely crazy it can be a gentle almost subconscious way to correct that person.
I m not alone in having my name spelled wrong my mum s italian maiden name boccuccia has been misspelled on her australian birth certificate. Avoid names that don t sound like they re spelled. To all the people who have spelled my name wrong my name is hard to spell or so i assume given how frequently people spell it wrong.
Lynnseptember 9 2009 at 8 45 pm. Take it from someone who knows over the course of my life people have spelled my name in every incorrect way possible and just when i thought i d seen them all i got an email the other day. However this is not just about the spelling of my name.
People often misread names and spell what they want to see. Here is a cute and inexpensive idea and also helps others realize they have been spelling your name wrong all along without stepping on feelings. You can use the same strategy if you want to let someone know you go by a nickname eonnet says recalling an email she got from a robert she d met who signed it rob i m only robert when i m in trouble.
If a name has ten spelling variations the chances of it being spelled wrong is going to hover around 90. People get really confused by silent letters. Not really helpful but just a funny story about misspelled names.
Once my boss had an attorney s office not once but twice correct the spelling of her last name. After she corrected it the second time they told her to stop changing it to the incorrect spelling. Have an office party that specifically hangs your correct name on a banner 8 x 4 wide at the entrance to the office.