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11-09-2012 at 8:48 AM
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Youneek Spellings

My name is Cheryl and my parents went with the traditional, classic spelling.  No extra letters, nothing changed.  They didn't even go with the version that starts with an "S".  Today I stop in for a bagel and how is my name spelled on my order?  "Charol"  Last time it was "Sharal" These are only two of the many youneek spellings my name gets. After this morning, I just had to share Smile

 


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11-09-2012 at 9:33 AM
MelRC117
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I dont get it either with my name...Melanie. I get Melony, Melaine, Malany...like really? I swear people have to think harder to spell names youneekly.

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11-09-2012 at 9:46 AM
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I'm with you guys! My name is Crystal (which is unfortunate enough as it is) and I've had it spelled about twenty different ways. Tradition should be the default, but I think the reality is that there are too many uneducated people who can't spell, haha.
 
11-09-2012 at 9:56 AM
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I'm one of the bazillion Amandas. I've actually had people ask me to spell it. How else could you spell it?!

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11-09-2012 at 9:59 AM
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I'm Erika with a "k" so it's not the traditional (Erica) way to spell it but I get the weirdest spellings too. On my Starbucks last month I got "Erykah", okay come on!

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11-09-2012 at 10:34 AM
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I've never gotten a really unique spelling of my name, just the alternate (Trisha), but I have had people really mangle the pronunciation if they're reading it--the best was "Try-SEE-ah"...Really?

Wait, there was one uniq version-but that was the Chinese restaurant down the street, so I cut them some slack.  My order arrived addressed to "Terisia", and I liked that enough to use it as a char name in my MMO.


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11-09-2012 at 11:15 AM
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LoL.  You know out there somewhere there's a poor Sharal and a Charol stopping for a bagel or coffee and getting mad that the person is writing Cheryl on theirs!

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11-09-2012 at 11:38 AM
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bananers:
I'm one of the bazillion Amandas. I've actually had people ask me to spell it. How else could you spell it?!

 

I'm Amanda who goes by Mandy... 5 years ago I never had anyone ask me, but now I have to say "with a Y, not I, or IE..."


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11-09-2012 at 1:04 PM
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I'm Ashlyn, which gets spelled Ashlin, Ashlynn, or they just completely get it wrong and say Ashley, Ashton, or Ashland.

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11-09-2012 at 2:10 PM
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This has happened to me at Starbucks! My name is Nina and I totally get it when someone spells it Nena but a few months ago I got my drink back and my 4 letter name turned into a 6 letter name, Neenah... I thought that was a little crazy!

 
11-09-2012 at 6:23 PM
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I get hesitation and even questioned how to spell my name - Jennifer! 

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11-10-2012 at 5:10 AM
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My maiden name was White and I'd get telemarketers who would pronounce it wrong.  And more than once I'd pick up a pizza or something and it would say "Whyte".  Really?  People astound me.

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11-10-2012 at 7:21 AM
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mamainseptember:
On my Starbucks last month I got "Erykah", okay come on!
Erykah Badu fan, I guess!

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11-10-2012 at 7:26 AM
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I get asked "is that April with a y?"  I look at them like WTF????  I'm like nope just like the month... Indifferent

 


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