# Could you please spell my fucking name right?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [December 7, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556 "2000-12-07T22:09:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/1 "2000-12-07T22:09:23Z")
OK, it’s bad enough that IRL I’ve seen my name spelled four different ways, regardless of the fact that I spell it the simplest way. (And, I might add, my professional phone manner at work, combined with the fact that people have certain _expectations_ of what a secretary should be, makes a lot of people refer to me as “ma’am” on the phone, and every so often it pisses me off.) But now I have to contend with a thousand and one different ways to spell my screen name here.
Let’s say it together, goys and birls: **Esprix**
E
S
P
R
I
X
E-S-P-R-I-X
It’s pronounced “es-PREE.” It’s a derivitive of the French word _esprit_. It’s not “Es-spirit.” It’s not “Es-pricks.” It’s not spelled “espirit” or “espirix” or anything else.
Poor typing skills is no excuse for being a moron.
Thank you.
Esprix, 123 wpm and does this for a living, thankyouverymuch…
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### Author:  [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/2 "2000-12-07T22:15:38Z")
…and what do we call you when you ain’t fucking ?
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### Author:  [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/3 "2000-12-07T22:15:47Z")
Okay, so who wants to break it to him who started the thread
“E **x** prix’s California Countdown” in MPSIMS?
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/4 "2000-12-07T22:20:19Z")
I thought maybe the “Ex-” meant he was switching teams . . . 😃
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### Author:  [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/5 "2000-12-07T22:22:44Z")
::enters wearing sackcloth and flagellating herself::
I am guilty, O Esprix! And I’m so aware of that stuff usually. My last name has two L’s and two T’s, and I am very picky about that last T at the end. The worst part is I **know** it’s E S P R I X but my fingers did something else. Poor Maeglin, I know it’s M A E G but I type it M A G E all the time…
My most humble, abject apologies. Forgiveness for a future sorta neighbor? 😉
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### Author:  [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/6 "2000-12-07T22:23:06Z")
Having just _read_ said thread, and hearing how your uncle ran over your grandmother and your cat had to get its hip replaced before you moved in with it (or something like that- I was only skimming), I apologize for the snippy\* remark, and hope that the rest of your pre-California time starts to look up.
[sub]\*A word I used _well_ before Al Gore made it vogue.[/sub]
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### Author:  [@Ptahlis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptahlis)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/7 "2000-12-07T22:26:34Z")
Been there Esprix! My own fault I guess for choosing an odd moniker I guess.
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/8 "2000-12-07T22:28:12Z")
Just to tag along on this thread… My son’s name is Dominic. Not Dominique. We call him Nicky. It’s pretty easy to spell. You were his preschool teacher!!! FOR 3 FUCKING YEARS!!! AND YET ALL HIS ART PROJECTS CAME HOME MARKED “NIKI” or “NICKI” or “NIKKI” WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU MORONS!!!
And yes, I said something about it on NUMEROUS occasions.
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### Author:  [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/9 "2000-12-07T22:30:42Z")
I am so sorry Esprix, I think I did it just the other day.
☹
I should be more understanding & careful, my husband had a name that is CONSTANTLY misspelled.
And I would **never** call you ma’am. 😉
EJsGirl, at least 45 wpm, never took a typing class, tries to do nothing for a living thankyouverymuch
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### Author:  [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/10 "2000-12-07T22:40:34Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Esprix \*
> \*\*Esprix, 123 wpm and does this for a living, thankyouverymuch… \*\*
Wow, I’m impressed!
And since this is the pit, fuck you, I’ll spell your name any damn way I want! 😃
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/11 "2000-12-07T22:44:59Z")
> [@](#):
>
> Okay, so who wants to break it to him who started the thread “Exprix’s California Countdown” in MPSIMS?
Ya know what? I just, not 5 minutes ago, corrected that. Now I’m gonna change it back. Hee hee.
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### Author:  [@jmullaney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmullaney)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/12 "2000-12-07T22:55:37Z")
That’s _really_ how you spell Esprix? I figured you just had a lisp! 😉
Is it pronounced Espree? As in Grand Prix? Esprix de corp? Right?
And not: EZpricks. Or as in: 'ese 'ere pricks is orrible, but 'ese pricks are jolly good.
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### Author:  [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/13 "2000-12-07T23:07:20Z")
I’m guilty, I’ve always thought it was es-prix. Six years of French and I can’t even recognize the language.
Sorry. If it makes you feel better, it’s always been a mental thing, and I’ve never typed it wrong (I hope). 🙂
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### Author:  [@jmullaney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmullaney)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/14 "2000-12-07T23:21:55Z")
Wait, wait. I had it for a second. Nope, it is gone. How do you spell it again? 😃
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### Author:  [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/15 "2000-12-08T00:02:08Z")
Sorry, Expris.
_:: d&r ::_
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### Author:  [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/16 "2000-12-08T00:31:23Z")
You know how sometimes you’ll see a word over and over and it starts to sound or look really funny? Like “food”. Say “food” over and over, and it’ll begin to sound like the stupidest thing ever.
This thread has made “Esprix” start to sound really odd to my ear. (No offense, 'Sprix)
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### Author:  [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/17 "2000-12-08T00:42:52Z")
Damn you Spoofe…I had to go and do it
EsprixEsprixEsprixEsprixEsprixEsprix[sub]EsprixEsprixEsprix…[/sub]
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### Author:  [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/18 "2000-12-08T00:57:17Z")
**M-O-N-T-F-O-R-T**
Not:
Monfort
Montford
Monford
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/19 "2000-12-08T01:12:42Z")
TWO Os! One I! Not the other way around!
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2000, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/20 "2000-12-08T01:18:07Z")
There. Is. No. “E”. In. **Manhattan**!
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