Spellings of names driving me insane

[SimplyAmy1]

So, I was wondering if it’s just me…..

If your name is able to be spelt more than one way, for example Abi, would it annoy you if people spelt it Abby or Abbie even if you’ve signed me off an email/ text etc with the correct spelling?

So my name is Amy and it drives me crazy when people spell my name ‘Aimee’ or ‘Amey’
Once at work, I had a name badge on and the customers kept calling me a-my because of my name was ‘Amy’ it would be spelt a-me!

Another thing to add in, does/would it annoy you if you had a name that can be shortened eg- Abigail to Abi and people automatically started calling you abi even though you prefer and introduce yourself
and Abigail and vice versa?

Aibu or just easily annoyed 😂

My name looks as though it should be pronounced one way but it is slightly different. I wish my mam had changed a letter or two to make it look more obvious but we are where we are.

I respond to what I’m called.

I confess to taking a shine to people who try to pronounce it correctly/remember that I’m an oddity.

One high management chap met me once and our paths didn’t cross again for 5 years. He remembered and I was touched by that.

I get called my surname in emails (my surname could be a first name but my first name can't be). I can't say it bothers me. Sometimes Starbucks spell my name differently, I just think it means they think I'm unique and cool (that's what I tell myself anyway )

Sorry mean my first name couldn't be a surname. Imagine Lucy James and being called James constantly

Yes - I'm a Jessica and people who I've never met before will call me Jess. Why, just why?

It only bothers me when someone spells it wrong when replying to an email with my name on it (as others have said). I like the passive aggressive approach of spelling their name slightly wrong in return. Sent a reply to Dive in IT instead of Dave - he replied "what am I, a Brummie?" but got the hint

My name is Laura. There is only one spelling. My email address is first name. Last name at work. I was emailed by a colleague calling me laurer. I mean, wtf?

@aerosocks my annoyance this time is mainly because I’d signed off my email with ‘Amy’ and she came back with ‘hi aimee’

@suckingonchillidogs 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that actually made me LOL!

[quote SimplyAmy1]@aerosocks my annoyance this time is mainly because I’d signed off my email with ‘Amy’ and she came back with ‘hi aimee’[/quote]

Did you reply and spell her name wrong?!

Spelling doesn't bother me much but I get cross when people call me by the wrong name or my full name.
My name can be shortened a few ways and I go by a way that I prefer (which could also be short version of a different name) eg say I go by Winnie, long name is Winona, people insist on calling me Winifred.

Just call me by the name I introduce myself as.

My name gets spelt wrong quite often. I only mind if it is on an official document - my marriage certificate has it wrong in three places and so now has three corrections on it!. I also mind when it is spelt wrong on pharmacy medication. It smacks of inattention to detail!

I get it. There's 13 different ways to spell my name so I tend to let it slide unless they spell it the way I hate. But yes if you've signed your name on your email signature then the recipient should bother to use the correct spelling when they reply.

I usually check emails to see what people call themselves although sometimes their signature says eg Elizabeth but you know everyone calls them Lizzie but is it Lizzie or Lizzy?

All you can really do is reply with your name as you spell it and hope they pay attention the next time around. It's not deliberate.

[quote SimplyAmy1]@aerosocks my annoyance this time is mainly because I’d signed off my email with ‘Amy’ and she came back with ‘hi aimee’[/quote]
Yes that is annoying and it shouldn't really happen.

Maybe she'd just been reading an article about Olympian Aimee Pratt :)

My first name has a few different spellings but they're generally pronounced the same way. I honestly don't care how it's spelled when someone writes to me. My maiden name was very unusual. Normally spelled and pronounced incorrectly. Sometimes embarrassed me slightly as a child; never as an adult. My married name is easy to say and spell in my opinion, but is frequently mispronounced. It doesn't irritate me and I've never bothered to correct anyone.

With all the stupid names and changing the spellings of old names going on I’m not surprised!

Amy aymee Aimee aimey Daniel danyell Layton leighton jakob Jacob liane Leanne leane leeann Leigh Ann

The worlds gone mad

Mine is misspelt frequently and it drives me scatty.

My spelling is not the usual spelling, granted (think Nicky/Nicki) but when it's right there in black and white in an email or social media type post, it just strikes me as rude if someone assumes a spelling. Worse still is when someone I've known for YEARS decides to suddenly start misspelling it. FFS!

As someone with fairly low self-esteem it does nothing to help. It's as if I don't really matter, especially when other people with multiple-spelling names don't seem to have this issue.

I have an unusual but classic first name, spelt in the classic way. No one can spell it if they've heard it, many people mishear it as something random and completely different, and a lot of people can't pronounce it if they see it written down. I've given up, and just make sure to listen out carefully if I'm in a situation where someone who doesn't know me will be calling my name.

On the shortening issue, my MIL is terrible for this. She automatically shortens everyone, even if she's been introduced to them using their already shortened version. Christine known as Chrissy, for example, she'd call Chris. Drives DH nuts!

Amy is my daughter's middle name. I think it's lovely

misses point of thread

I know an Amy. They never get called A-my, so that's strange.

I work in a school. Lots of ‘unique’ spellings. Parents get so friggin offended that you don’t automatically know the made up spelling of their child’s name. What am I psychic?

Mine can only really be changed with my first letter (from K to C) and it’s never happened. What does happen with annoying frequency though is that I get called an entirely different ‘K’ name - when it’s right there in my email and signature. That pisses me off because it really does show a complete lack of respect!

DD has a beautiful, Shakespearean name which is reasonably popular in the UK, though it was an outlier when I picked it. She's living and working in the deep south of the US where her name is apparently unheard of. You would not believe the verbal mangling it gets, even at the hands of the well-educated, even after she's modelled it at their request.

And OP, if anyone uses the "my" pronunciation again, just point out that the "final y sounds like I" usually only applies to a couple of 2 letter words (my and by) unless preceded by r or l (fly, cry). The vast bulk of English words ending in consonant y have "final y sounds like ee" (funny, happy, silly, worry).

That should be enough to silence anybody!

@NewlyGranny

DD has a beautiful, Shakespearean name which is reasonably popular in the UK, though it was an outlier when I picked it. She's living and working in the deep south of the US where her name is apparently unheard of. You would not believe the verbal mangling it gets, even at the hands of the well-educated, even after she's modelled it at their request.

And OP, if anyone uses the "my" pronunciation again, just point out that the "final y sounds like I" usually only applies to a couple of 2 letter words (my and by) unless preceded by r or l (fly, cry). The vast bulk of English words ending in consonant y have "final y sounds like ee" (funny, happy, silly, worry).

That should be enough to silence anybody!

Is it Ophelia? Funnily enough, the only Ophelia I know is from Alabama!

Doesn't bother me at all, it's just letters