My handle.
It’s ‘Jonathan Chance’.
Not ‘John’. Not ‘Johnathan’.
Not, God he’p me, "Johnhathan’.
J-O-N-A-T-H-A-N.
Thanks.
I thought you spelled that R-O-B-O-T-O.
Dammit, now I’m all confused again. Blame it on the nicotine withdrawal. Sorry.
[sub]Or was it Damn Yankees?[/sub]
Okay, Joe. We gotcha. It’s spelled B-O-B.
While we’re on the topic, my name has been misspelled by everyone from teachers to my husband’s family. The killings will commence tomorrow morning.
Domo Arigato!
And I have a pal who’s MIL calls herself ‘Jinjer’.
No foolin’.
Can we call you Juan?
My handle is not “Jonathan”, it’s “Skogcat”. If it was “Jonathan” then I’d be pissed off and ranting too. I would get the same things you do. I would get people (so many people!) who insist on spelling it “Jonathon”, I would also get “Jonothan” and “Johnahton”.
The bizarre thing is that if my handle was “Jonathan” then my second name, as part of that handle, would be foreign (eg Norwegian). The second name, though simple enough, would be difficult for people to spell initially. Still they’d get that one right (probably because they’d take the time to check the spelling) but continually fuck up the plain english first name. If my handle was “Jonathan Somethingforeignpossiblynorwegian” then even my fucking parents in law would have difficulty spelling “Jonathan”.
What really fucks me is when someone spells it (or would spell it if it were my handle) “Johnahton” and then upon being corrected they ejaculate* “wow, what a strange way to spell it!”.
Well fuck you motherfucker, that’s how it’s spelt, the only reason you think it’s spelt any other way is because you are a dumb fuck who needs to go and read a book about a seagull.
So just to be clear, I’m backing up Mr. Chance’s claim and I’m going to repeat the important part now, just for you (you know who you are - all of you).
J-O-N-A-T-H-A-N
*I’ve been wanting to use that word in that context for a while now :). Hmmmm, reading the dictionary I see that my use of it isn’t quite right. Fuck it, I’ll leave it there anyway, after all it’s not the spelling and grammar that counts eh? It’s the ideas hidden in amongst it all :D.
You sure it isn’t R-E-S-P-E-C-T?
I just had one of those horrible moments where, having submitted a colourful post, you suddenly think to check that it’s not an MPSIMS thread.
All these years I have been hearing it incorrectly.
Do you remember that guy … Jon …
MY first name ain’t “Baby.” It’s “Janet”. “Miss Jackson” if you’re nasty.
Oh for God’s sake, John, you really think that’s worth ranting about? I thought it was spelled N-A-T-E anyway.
My father feels your pain, JC. His in-laws have had issues with spelling his name for more than 20 years now.
Jona
than
Jonathan.
It shouldn’t take a cummings-esque poem to get the point across…
To raise funds to combat this outrage, should we have a Jonathon?
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=155137
I hope for fuck’s sake this thread is a joke…
I was addressing a comment to ‘John Corrado’.
Thanks for playing.
Y’know, Jon Corrado isn’t as stuffy about this name thing as you seem to be…
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
And I bet he sends in his Dip orders on time too. Shame on you.
Bastard!
See if I invite you to hear MP play my living room! She’s booked!
PREACH IT, BROTHER!!! CAN I GET AN AMEN HERE?