To think that dd's grandmother should know how to spell her name?

[dontcallmehon]

My dd, Lydia, is 15 months old. When she was born MIL had to ask several times: 'What's that baby's name again?'

Now, despite being told otherwise, she still addresses cards to 'Lidia.'

AIBU to be annoyed that she hasn't bothered to learn her gdd's name yet?

After my grandma died we found a lot of postcards in her cupboard. One had been sent to grandma's sister Hilda by their mother (my gt gma) and read "to my dear Hilder".

Hi there,

Our lo is called Jody bt as this is an unusual way of spelling it she often gets things spelt with an "ie" instead of a "y".

my dd has a hyphenated name. both parts of the name can be spelled two ways. (so that's 4 variants) the name can also be spelled without the hyphen at all as two seperate words (that's another 4 - same as first 4 but without the hyphen) and it can be spelled without the hyphen as one joined-together name (another 4). so I don;t blame my dad nor my 87 year old uncle for getting it wrong. doesn't help that for 3 weeks of her life it was spelled a 13th way but we decided no-one was ever going to get that one right so we changed it.

We get Isabelle all the time, she even had a personalised card to Isabelle Sarah Lilly (Isobel Sara Lily) once! I'm not sure what winds me up more Isabelle or Izzy I think Izzy because at least you don't see the name written down as much as you hear it!

BTW, it's only strangers that call her that, family and friends who see us regularly call her Isobel - before anyone says anything...

The name Sara/Sarah is supposed to be spelt Sara but it doesn't work in English so the H was added. I like it in the traditional spelling which is why we went for that one.

Isobel Sara...you were asking for trouble.

very nice name though, just glad I'm not her Auntie.

All of those of you grumbling about how people spell names wrong - how do you know they're not dyslexic or has problem processing sounds? For these people it is difficult for them to process the name and write it correctly.

Instead of grumbling - just be thankful that person has given your child a card or present.

My Gran used to call me Sandra. My name isn't Sandra or anything like it - OK, it ends in an "a" but that's as close as it gets. My great gran used to spell my name the German way (she was German) and call me by the full version, which no-one else has ever done.

My Mum's brother is called Reg, but everyone else calls him Eric (apart from my mother). My mother is called by her middle name by everyone and has never used her first name. I have another uncle called Evan. Most people call him Evan, but that's not his name - he's German. His wife calls him Ted, but that's not his name either (his brother was Ted). I am not sure that anyone knows what his real name is...

I have two cousins who have Hungarian names containing lots of Zs. One is called by the English version of her name by everyone except her parents who call her the Hungarian version. The other is called by the Hungarian version of her name by everyone except her parents who call her by the English version.

I'm sure there's more...!

And no-one can spell DD2's name, apart from the German speaking members of the family (it's a German name). The Hungarian members use the Hungarian spelling...I give up!

My mother in law gets a kick out of prounouncing her grandaughters name wrong, my husband has corrected her on several occasions and she refuses to say it correctly, I don't let her bother me the silly cow, unfortunately she still has not come to terms with the fact her beloved son has married me, we been married over seven years now and have three adorable children together.