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AIBU in laws spell dd's name wrong - she's 5!!

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Sandiepatterson · 18/12/2020 16:25

My daughter has a very traditional name that can be spelt two ways, let's say Beatrice and not Beatrix. We also shorten it, let's say Bebe and not BB. (Those are not her names)
AIBU to think that my husband's family should know the correct spelling by now? She is 5 now. AIBU to (gently) remind them of the correct spelling?
We have the usual round of Christmas cards and it gets me every time! Her birthday cards are wrong too....

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lazylinguist · 21/12/2020 18:43

Lots of people spell my name wrong too. It's a name with a male spelling and a female spelling, but not everyone seems to realise that. My maiden name was often misspelled too, so I was quite happy to take dh's much easier name when we got married.

I had a teacher at school who had a 13-letter Greek surname which didn't at all sound like it looked, and people both mispronounced and misspelled it constantly. She married an Englishman and became... Mrs Ball, which must have been quite a relief in some ways. Grin

RaiderOfTheKitchenCupboard · 21/12/2020 18:53

My husband’s aunt always writes the feminine version of our son’s name in cards. It doesn’t bother me enough to point it out, but it’s a pretty common name (I’d say the girls’ name is more unusual), so I don’t really understand the confusion.

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