Comments on: How Do You Spell ‘Idiot’? With no ‘e’

By: Ace

Ace — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:37:01 +0000

My mom has always chosen “Debby” instead of “Debbie,” but her step-mother (my grandmother) always spelled it with an “ie.” I always knew how much it hurt her feelings to think that my grandma didn’t care to spell it properly, so I have made sure to do whatever I can – stalk people on facebook if I have to – to make sure I spell their names right. I save birth announcements and e-mails from in-laws just to make sure I spell names the way they want them spelled. I noticed last week that my older brother (almost 40) spelled my mom’s name with an “ie” and misspelled our niece’s name completely… It DOES reflect that some people just aren’t aware and don’t try to be .

By: mom, again

mom, again — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:06:14 +0000

my kid changed the end of her nickname from the i that I used to to y. I’m always getting it wrong, but I’m entitled.

By: tornshoelace

tornshoelace — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:37:53 +0000

Passive agressive Cristina (with no “h”), here
I do the misspelling trick, not for them to get the point, only to make myself feel better.

After a while, it works and I feel fine just letting it slide.
I can’t tell you how many ways mine is spelled wrong
Christina
Christine
Kristina
Kristine
Chrissy (no kidding)
Butt Munch (oh, that’s just family)
Krystina(yes, somehow that’s easier than the right way)

You know, if I tell them all my nickname, they seem to get it right – I just say Stina

By: daynovel

daynovel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:12:51 +0000

Thanks for all the great advice. I particularly like the one about adding “e” to all their names…especially as some of them already end with an “e”. That double-e just might make the point!

By: daynovel

daynovel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:10:39 +0000

Good idea. I’ll send back everything (except the tokens!) LOL!

By: kelcey

kelcey — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:01:44 +0000

My name is always always misspelled. It never stops being irritating. Great advice!

By: Miss Yvonne

Miss Yvonne — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:39:45 +0000

haahaa!!! Jerke. Classic.

By: Sarahgat

Sarahgat — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:51:09 +0000

Susan, this has happened to me.

I’ve been with my husband 20 years, his ex-fiance was called Gail my name is Sarah and he still has a friend who calls me Gail. And he was only with Gail a couple of years!! I ignore it but to cheer me up whenever this friend says it I imagine smacking her in the face

By: Crisanna

Crisanna — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:56:24 +0000

If you’ve brought it up and they sitll can’t seem to get it right, I like the idea of just adding an “e” to the end of their names to get the point across. Having no idea what their names actually are, it’d be fun if it was something like Jan and Tim (Jane and Time).

By: miswiggie

miswiggie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:40:02 +0000

My name – Victoria – was shortened to Vicki when I was 3. Well, Vicki-Sticky because I got into a situation with a lollipop but anyway…

All of my relatives spelled my name “Vickie” for forever. Annoying. My brother, Robert, Junior, got stuck with “BJ” from Bob Junior, a nickname he hates to this day (and is the button I choose to push when in the mood). We begged our family to drop the “e” and to drop the “BJ” especially when we were of age to laugh, giggle or blush at any mention of “BJ.” Never worked.

So aside from flat-out saying “Is there a REASON you choose to spell my name incorrectly!? I’m wondering cause it’s annoying the hell out of me!” maybe letting it go is your best bet. But if you don’t want to let it go then I’d take the passive-aggressive way right back at them, and:
1) at the next family gathering pass out paper and a pen. Stand in front of a white-board and ask them to copy what you write down (your name, slowly, letter by letter) and at the end, in your best “speaking to a 4-year old voice” say “See? There’s noooo eeeee at the end? Got it? Nooooo EEEeeeee.”
2) Send back all of their correspondence with a note written on the envelope: “No such person at this address.”

=)Goode Lucke!