# Could you please spell my fucking name right? **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/102 "2013-12-12T19:21:55Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Do you get Bob with two “o’s” often? 😃 I accidently spelled a guy named Bobby’s name ‘Booby’ in an email once. I also misspelled his last name in the same email. Not a great day for me (it went to like 5 people, including some VPs). Fortunately, we know each other and just had a laugh about it. And, no, I can’t type for shit; I’d be hopeless without spellcheck (which usually doesn’t help with names). ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/103 "2013-12-12T19:30:23Z")
With auto spellcheck so easy and ever present, nobody should ever make a spelking error. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/104 "2013-12-12T19:32:01Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > With auto spellcheck so easy and ever present, nobody should ever make a spelking error. That’s write! ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/105 "2013-12-12T19:33:05Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/106 "2013-12-12T19:34:17Z")
I thought you did that on purpose - I was riffing with you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/107 "2013-12-12T19:35:06Z")
I added _Esprix_ to my online spellcheckers dicktionary. Never again will I make a spelling error. Never! ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/108 "2013-12-12T19:36:18Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I thought you did that on purpose - I was riffing with you! 🙂 I KNOW!! I WAS HITTING THE BALL BACK TO YOU! I’m sorry. There’s no reason to yell. This just feels like a fun thread. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/109 "2013-12-12T19:37:11Z")
I DIDN’T GET THAT!!! Yeah, this is a fun thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/110 "2013-12-12T19:38:23Z")
If my goddamn boss catches me doing this shit I am in serious trouble. And by boss I do mean my wife. Internet. Serious business. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/111 "2013-12-12T19:44:46Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Aw, man. For a brief moment, I thought that perhaps Esprix was back. And OpalCat. I saw one of her posts in this thread too. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/112 "2013-12-12T19:51:18Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > And OpalCat. I saw one of her posts in this thread too. ☹ Maybe we should revive zombie threads around Easter and see how it goes for three days? ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/113 "2013-12-12T20:01:44Z")
OMG that is a fantastic idea. Easter Sunday could be a zombie day. No infractions for reviving the dead. Oh calm down Mods. It is just an idea. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/114 "2013-12-12T20:26:03Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > From an article in MAD in 1963, a look at colleges presented in primer form: > > Last week the Phony Intellectual wrote home. > He wrote that he had become an “Existentialist.” > He spelled it wrong. how pwecious. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/115 "2013-12-12T20:37:32Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That’s part of what pisses me off - they’ve seen my name spelled correctly umpteen times, but it never registers. Yes! In my case, it’s off by one letter - people always use the more common spelling. I never correct anyone, whether in email, or verbally (over the phone) unless it’s vitally important that my name is spelled correctly or they specifically ask. However, years ago I finally got annoyed with one of my customers misspelling my name multiple times a day that I (rather passive-aggressively) increased the font size in my email sig, but only on the one letter in my name she kept getting wrong. And I increased it dramatically too - like to 26 when the rest of the type size was 11. Still didn’t help. :smack: In fact, this was probably 4 years ago and she _still_ spells my name incorrectly. > [@Duckster](#): > > Maybe we should revive zombie threads around Easter and see how it goes for three days? HA! That would be fun! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/116 "2013-12-12T21:47:49Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > Holy crap, talk about coming back from the dead… > > Esprix Me, seeing this thread. 1. Holy Fuck! Esprix is back! Awesome! 2. Crap, zombie thread. Life sucks. 3. Holy Fuck! Esprix is back! True story, swear to God: when I was a newbie Esprix was one of the first people I noticed on a consistent basis (JillGat was the other). He had like 500-600 posts and I was like, “Man, I’ll NEVER have that many posts. How does he find the time?” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/117 "2013-12-12T22:38:31Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > \ > True story, swear to God: when I was a newbie Esprix was one of the first people I noticed on a consistent basis (JillGat was the other). He had like 500-600 posts and I was like, “Man, I’ll NEVER have that many posts. How does he find the time?” I know! That’s crazy, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/118 "2013-12-12T22:41:52Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > OMG that is a fantastic idea. Easter Sunday could be a zombie day. No infractions for reviving the dead. > Oh calm down Mods. It is just an idea. Would totally be worth a few annoyed mods if we could get \*\*Eve \*\*back for a few days. (She’s not dead, as far as I know, just busy. ) Or Master Wang-Ka [of the Christmas Spiders](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383776&highlight=spider). ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/119 "2013-12-12T22:45:10Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > He had like 500-600 posts and I was like, “Man, I’ll NEVER have that many posts. How does he find the time?” I STILL wonder about that. How does anyone make over 600 posts in a year? That’s almost two a day. Where do people find that much free time? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/120 "2013-12-12T23:40:56Z")
> [@simster](#): > > how pwecious. Ain’t you though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/121 "2013-12-13T02:50:42Z")
When my last name was Bennet, no one could either spell it or pronounce it. Seriously? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556.md?page=7)