# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/142 "2014-01-09T19:59:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > No-That’s just what he wants! Well, **matt\_mcl** set the bar [pretty high](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=680620&postcount=20) after one of Esprix’s (much less prolonged) absences. 🙂 > [@FXMastermind](#): > > With auto spellcheck so easy and ever present, nobody should ever make a spelking error. Use Spelking[sup]TM[/sup] brand spellcheckers, now with context parsing! Except no substitutes! ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/143 "2014-01-09T23:17:34Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Well, **matt\_mcl** set the bar [pretty high](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=680620&postcount=20) after one of Esprix’s (much less prolonged) absences. 🙂 > Use Spelking[sup]TM[/sup] brand spellcheckers, now with context parsing! Except no substitutes! I take it you mean **"Ac** cept no substitutes." 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/144 "2014-01-14T16:36:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > No-That’s just what he wants! Damn, they’re on to me… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/145 "2014-01-14T17:15:38Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > What really gets me is people who use pretentious screen names. No joke. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/146 "2014-01-14T21:31:32Z")
Welcome back Espirix 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/147 "2014-01-15T03:50:08Z")
So some people have a pen name, that they use to conceal their true identity when they’re writing novels and such. **Esprix** has a fucking name for when… 🆒 ---
**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:** [January 15, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/148 "2014-01-15T04:49:27Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I take it you mean **"Ac** cept no substitutes." 😛 No, see, the Spelking Spellchecker does context, too, so it’s funny when it gets something like “except” for “accept” wrong. 🙂 (Or else **Balance** screwed up. Hey, is that Matt Damon over there?) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/149 "2014-01-15T06:39:15Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > No, see, the Spelking Spellchecker does context, too, so it’s funny when it gets something like “except” for “accept” wrong. 🙂 > > (Or else **Balance** screwed up. Hey, is that Matt Damon over there?) Oh, come on–can’t you see the irony here? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/150 "2014-01-15T08:49:34Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > No, see, the Spelking Spellchecker does context, too, so it’s funny when it gets something like “except” for “accept” wrong. 🙂 Precisely. I assure you, it was quite deliberate. Typing it was almost physically painful, because that kind of error tends to make me stabby. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/151 "2014-01-15T17:40:14Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Oh, come on–can’t you see the irony here? 🙂 Like, Alanis Morissette irony? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/152 "2014-01-15T17:58:33Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Like, Alanis Morissette irony? 🙂 Well, you oughta…no, just no. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/153 "2014-01-19T15:01:14Z")
Back when I was a kid, I once argued with a kid that he was pronouncing his name, Sean, incorrectly. I learned. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/154 "2014-01-20T04:57:04Z")
**Esprix!** Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/155 "2014-01-22T01:52:56Z")
Hell, post #7- **OpalCat** , yay !!! ---
**Author:** ![weemart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@weemart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weemart)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/156 "2014-01-22T04:38:30Z")
It’s a shame ppl keep spelling your name wrong Spirex. Hope it doesn’t happen again. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/157 "2014-01-22T05:08:58Z")
“Spirex?” Who the hell is that? Oh, you mean _Esprit._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556/158 "2014-01-22T05:23:33Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Spirex?” Who the hell is that? Oh, you mean _Esprit._ 😃 Pronounced\* “ES-Prit”. \*(Esprix would be pronounced _“S. Pricks”_) (the S stands for Sub-standard) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-spell-my-fucking-name-right/44556.md?page=7)