Does it bother you when your name is misspelled?

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#1 gamerguru100
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Does it bother you when your name is misspelled?

It kind of bothers me. My name is Devin. However, many people have replaced the "i" with an "o" to make it "Devon". *cringes*

Also, my last name is Pederson. However, many people replace the "d" with a "t" to make it "Peterson". I can understand why that is though. The latter form of spelling is much more common than my version of it. Even the spellchecker underlines it!:x:P

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#2 samuraiguns
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nope...

it is just a name after all...

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#3 WarEagle1357
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Well my first name is Jon, not John! and my last name is Doe, not Dowe!
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#4 cd_rom
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No. My last name is constantly mispronounced. Nobody who speaks English pronounces it right the first time. I've gotten used to it. Oddly enough, people from Asian countries like Korea never pronounce it wrong even though it's a European-based name.

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#5 spawnassasin
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Yes

its Matthew not Mathew:x

get it right

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#6 LP4EVA2005
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nope not really. but then again my name is easy to spell so..
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#7 mattykovax
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That does not bother me..... I am upset when people call me matt not matthew or matty:(
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#8 Luncbox1
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It's kind of hard to misspell Will. So I can't really relate
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#9 spawnassasin
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That does not bother me..... I am upset when people call me matt not matthew or matty:(mattykovax

i have no problem with matt matt why do you have a problem with matt matt:|:P

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#10 JustPlainLucas
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Well, I've been called Lukas or Lucus. I actually dislike Lucus more because it looks like Mucus.
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#11 LZ71
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Pretty much impossible to spell the name that I go by wrong, but I hate it when people call me by my real name.
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#12 Dark_Knight6
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I'd imagine it's pretty hard to misspell "Michael." Aside from being one of the most popular names, it's pretty straight forward.

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#13 mattykovax
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[QUOTE="mattykovax"]That does not bother me..... I am upset when people call me matt not matthew or matty:(spawnassasin

i have no problem with matt matt why do you have a problem with matt matt:|:P

Because its short. Anyone who cares should know what i like to be called.....
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#14 LP4EVA2005
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That does not bother me..... I am upset when people call me matt not matthew or matty:(mattykovax
ugh! i HATE it when ppl call me "matty"..and everyone does it to!
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#15 MJoanne
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Only when my brother misspelled my name. I don't care about other people but my brother?!?

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#16 cd_rom
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[QUOTE="mattykovax"]That does not bother me..... I am upset when people call me matt not matthew or matty:(LP4EVA2005
ugh! i HATE it when ppl call me "matty"..and everyone does it to!

Would you prefer "Matey"? I'm not willing to go with "Matt".
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#17 QiiXii
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Never, because no one misspells my name. :o

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#18 DJ_Lae
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No. There's a 99% chance that people misspell my first or last name when I say it out loud, even though it's not really that difficult a name. Also, I don't go by the classless everyman version of 'Eric,' which everyone seems to want to brand me. Oh well. You get used to it after a while. Now I'm stunned if someone actually gets it all right.
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#19 LZ71
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[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]No. There's a 99% chance that people misspell my first or last name when I say it out loud, even though it's not really that difficult a name. Also, I don't go by the classless everyman version of 'Eric,' which everyone seems to want to brand me. Oh well. You get used to it after a while. Now I'm stunned if someone actually gets it all right.

How do you spell it then?
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#20 spawnassasin
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[QUOTE="LP4EVA2005"][QUOTE="mattykovax"]That does not bother me..... I am upset when people call me matt not matthew or matty:(cd_rom
ugh! i HATE it when ppl call me "matty"..and everyone does it to!

Would you prefer "Matey"? I'm not willing to go with "Matt".

i hate when my aunt calls me matty it makes me feel so in sucure about my masculanity:cry:

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#21 MistressMinako
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Yes, indeed. I know it can also be spelled Alison, but that's not how my name is spelled. :x It's Allison. However, some people forget to add the "son" in my name when trying to address me. So, they end up calling me Alice.
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#22 mattykovax
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[QUOTE="mattykovax"]That does not bother me..... I am upset when people call me matt not matthew or matty:(LP4EVA2005
ugh! i HATE it when ppl call me "matty"..and everyone does it to!

Except the internet the people that call me matty are street people....its not a sign of weakness.....
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#23 LZ71
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Yes, indeed. I know it can also be spelled Alison, but that's not how my name is spelled. :x It's Allison. However, some people forget to add the "son" in my name when trying to address me. So, they end up calling me Alice.MistressMinako
My mom's name is also Alison, but she hates it when people spell it with the extra "l" :P
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#24 cyberdarkkid
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No and people rarely do anyways.
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#25 mattykovax
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No and people rarely do anyways.cyberdarkkid
After a break its good to see you are still here.
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#26 XD4NTESINF3RNOX
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Yes

its Matthew not Mathew:x

get it right

spawnassasin
hey Mathew how's it going :)
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#27 clubhaxor
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Nope doesn't bother me if people spell my last name wrong (Russell) They sometimes spell is Russel.

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#28 tocool340
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Yeah. I get "Jeffery" instead of "Jeffrey". It's cause problem for me over the years....
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#29 MistressMinako
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[QUOTE="MistressMinako"]Yes, indeed. I know it can also be spelled Alison, but that's not how my name is spelled. :x It's Allison. However, some people forget to add the "son" in my name when trying to address me. So, they end up calling me Alice.LZ71
My mom's name is also Alison, but she hates it when people spell it with the extra "l" :P

I hate it when people take away the extra L. :x:P My name is so common too, when I get called in class, I don't know if they meant me or the other Allison. :P
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#30 spawnassasin
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[QUOTE="spawnassasin"]

Yes

its Matthew not Mathew:x

get it right

XD4NTESINF3RNOX

hey Mathew how's it going :)

:x dont call me Mathew

it sucked because at my last job everytime i got my check it would say Mathew:x

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#31 cyberdarkkid
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[QUOTE="cyberdarkkid"]No and people rarely do anyways.mattykovax
After a break its good to see you are still here.

Good to see you back as well.
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#32 Mr_Leonis
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It always is so I'm quite used to it. Actually I find it surprising if people correctly spell my name on their first try. :roll:
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#33 mindstorm
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Nope, it's the other person who can't spell, not me. :P
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#34 needled24-7
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if anyone misspells my name, they shouldn't be in any position to be taking names

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#35 deactivated-6016f2513d412
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Yeah, people spell and pronounce my name incorrectly all the time, and it gets a bit irritating, but I never cause a scene or anything.
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#36 Nifty_Shark
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Nobody misspells m name

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#37 ghoklebutter
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Well my name (Ahmed) is often spelled as "Amid." One of my biggest pet peeves! :x

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#38 btaylor2404
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Nope, mine is Bryan, and it's misspelled Brian all the time. I could care less.
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#39 zeldaluff
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Never really happens. Both Sara and Sarah pretty common, so everyone asks if there's an h.

Although, I have gotten Sahara, Sahrah and Shrah before. :|

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#40 flamesrule12
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It always is so I'm quite used to it. Actually I find it surprising if people correctly spell my name on their first try. :roll:Mr_Leonis
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#41 _IronManDude_
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YES! My name is Brendan, and everyone calls me Brandon. One time, Brennan. One time, Braeden. It's terrible, even when I've known someone for a long time, they get my name wrong all the time.

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#42 Gaming-Planet
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Some people spell my name like Mathew when it's really Matthew! :x How do you forget the second T?!

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#43 deactivated-605ba7fd6332a
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No, but that's not my name.

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#44 comp_atkins
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i have a pretty uncommon last name with a combination of consonants which are rarely seen together in english... it is mispronounced and misspelled all the time.. i'm used to it.
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#45 Razor-Lazor
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Sometimes people spell my last name (Hoffman) with two n's, and that's hardly annoying and very rare.
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#46 Sloan360
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My name is Cooper not Copper! i thought it would be hard to get confused with an element but it happpens a lot.

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#47 fidosim
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I don't think my first or last name are uncommon at all, but they still get misspelled quite a bit. Most of the time people just get one letter wrong on my last name. But it's always surprising to see people spell my first name, "Travus" and "Traves".
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#48 Serraph105
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Considering my name is Sam which is all of three letters it actually bothers me more that I am around somebody dumb enough to misspell something so simple.

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#49 dave123321
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My name does not cause issue.
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#50 JebranRush
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After people butchering it so many times, I just laugh it off and see how ridiculous they can get. :P