AIBU to be annoyed over the wrong spelling on my DS's name

[PizzaSlut]

He's 4 and we're just receiving the first lots of christmas cards from school.

The amount of parents that have spelt his name wrong is astounding. It's very common and has a really easy shortening that we use so surely it can't be that difficult to address him correctly.

Or AIBU?

Thinking about it , people have spelt my name wrong in the past. It's more commonly spelt a different way.

However my middle name is Joanne but my dad registered me and spelt it joann ( not what my mum wanted)

My cousin misspelt DS1's name once, with an 'o' not an 'i'. I wouldn't have minded, except it was on 2 china pots we'd made at the pottery painting place she worked. She did the name after I'd left, and fired it, as is normal for that shop (don't know if others do it too) but told me she knew how to spell it etc etc so I didn't write it down! My parents now have a pot each with his newborn footprints and misspelt name :(

Yes that's right. How very dare they send your ds a Christmas card.

Trois-your name's not Kerry is it? Mine is and I also get an ie or i ending.Argh!

I have a double barrelled first name and from primary school people took it upon themselves to shorten it. I never said they could, but I never corrected them either. I didn't want to be seen as being difficult. I completely regret it and now will not answer to anything but my full name. My parents put time into it enduring I was named after both Grandmothers as I am the first Grandaughter.
It infuriates me when people get it wrong, particularly if it's eg an email where you can see my name clearly and laziness prevails. I have been known to respond by putting my name in bold, or getting their name wrong.
That's not really the same as what's happened to you/DS but I know how cross you'll be. And I feel better for a little rant!

I have never seen Samuel spelled 'Samual' ?
It's annoying as I have had my name spelled wrong (different spelling) my whole life - and it's a traditional/popular 70's and 80's name.
My own son is 'Callum' yet at preschool it was written as 'Calum.' Grrr. It's never ending !

Mind you - DH tasked with registering births managed to mis-spell DS3s middle name - well he used the anglicised spelling whereas I wanted the Norwegian spelling .... so perhaps we can forgive world-wide numpties?

I don't mind if other parents and their DC spell DS's name wrong. The version they choose is perfectly legitimate. I did get a bit pissed off when it appeared incorrectly on the front of his spelling book, though.

Ah Calum and Conor are tricky ......

Callum
Calum

Conor
Connor
Connar
Conar
Conner
Coner

You can bet your bottom dollar you never get the correct one.

DD has a slightly unusual name (not out where the buses don't run) and in three of the four Xmas cards she's got from school this year it's been spelt wrong. You know what we do? We have a laugh about the mis-spelling then I say 'but isn't it lovely that X has given you a card, go and put it on the mantlepiece.'

Honestly there's more important things to get the hump about.

so perhaps we can forgive world-wide numpties?

Or numptys as it would seem

YABU. You've got two choices here...

1. To get wound up
2. Not to get would up.

It's a long old road ahead, with much adrenalin used up, impotent, fruitless, silent seething expended, not to mention raised blood pressure, if you go with option 1.

Option 2 involves realising it's not the end of the world, and that barely anyone will have actually done it with malicious, evil intent in order to, like, get one over on you. Honestly. I am sure of this.

My name has a myriad of accepted spellings (Isabelle, Isabel, Isobel, Izabel, Isobelle, Ysabelle; it is actually one of these), which people get right around 1% of the time. Believe me, it's really, really not worth getting wound up over it.

DD has a name which is easily spelt, but... has three accepted pronunciations. I accept that most people don't have working crystal balls and so won't know which is the correct one, and also that they probably have a fair bit going on in their own lives, so may not necessarily remember it correctly, even after being told.

As a result of taking this approach, my blood pressure is normally at a nice, safe level. :) Most people will probably experience this to a greater or lesser extent anyway, unless their name is Jack or Emma.

I agree with Empress has "numpty" sent out a list of names (we had this at Nursery and at the non related Reception Class) and perhaps they are copying their misspelling? I kinow some automatically hand out first name lists and others will give them out on request.

Well since my grandmother never got the spelling of my (common, short, easy) name right, I think you are going to have to put up with this one, I'm afraid - although why they don't just write "Sam" if they are not sure is strange - unless it is spelt wrong on a class list which has been handed out, maybe?

Christmas cards. Damn. Must do those .

Yep Connor is one of my children's names that people spell wrong

just have to put up with it, not important, nobody died, get over it!

Surely they should know how to spell Samuel.
A good friend of mine repeatedly misspelt both my dd1 and ds's name. Both very old traditional names. I pointed it out to her once and she spelt them all correctly on the next Christmas card she sent. However, she has since reverted back to her incorrect original spellings!!!!
Maybe it is just me but once I learn the correct spelling of someone's name eg Clare,Claire or Clair I always remember it.

Since it's a staff member that got it wrong, I'd keep an eye out for future misspellings and say something if you see any.

Sam / Samuel is lovely btw

Ooo PizzaSlut - are you a Clare? I never know whether people are Claire or Clare myself .

There are so many made up names now that even bible names are misspelled.

When you get an odd name followed by the childs parents hyphenating what chance does anyone who knows the kid have.

Samuel is a nice name though but I can see how people misspell it.

I don't get annoyed at other parents as I never make assumptions about people's literacy, but I do get majorly pissed off when the school gets my kids' names wrong. DS1 has the French spelling of a common name because his dad is half French, even the French spelling isn't exactly radical. He had the same "care group" teacher for two years (you know, the one who is supposed to actually get to know the kids and provide pastoral care), who was also one of his subject teachers. I made a complaint when he wrote DS1's report and spelt his name with the more common English spelling purely because he was in a position to know better. He phoned to apologize

I have a Samuel and never noticed anyone spelling it wrong,although most cards are addressed to Sam.
The only exception is Dh who is dyslexic as is Ds,he always has to ask how to spell Samuel

YANBU but you will just have to get used to it, my name is 5 letters long 3 of which are the same letter, it's always spelled wrong on christmas cards :(

I was 53 yesterday. Still got birthday cards with wrong spellings on.
He'll get used to it.

Have you had a Samyule yet?!
YANBU, by the way. I would have thought it's a pretty easy name to be able to spell.