Spell Michael properly!

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I'm so TIRED of seeing Michael Jackson written as Micheal. "Heal' is pronounced 'heel', so obviously it's wrong. If you're unsure, just look it up FFS. (Can't hold it in any more. I've come on here for a therapeutic moan!)

I used to know a Rachael. Her own parents were never sure which way round the a and e went.

And Isreal for Israel. That’s bloody annoying, too!

Michael is one of the archangels. They are all have a name in the form -el so the spelling is not difficult to remember!

I’ve seen people named Micheal and it always makes me wonder if their parents just didn’t know how to spell the name correctly!

If only they'd just stuck with Rachel ...

My middle name - my parents left the a out altogether 😆

I agree with you in the Michael Jackson context; spelling someone's name wrong is a bit lazy and disrespectful. Not that MJ deserves respect, but you know what I mean.

However, I'll just point out that Micheál (note the fada) is the Irish version of the name Michael.

So while the spelling is wrong for the likes of Michael Jackson, Micheál is an actual name so it's not always a misspelling. It's pronounced 'mee-hawl'.

Micheal is a Gaelic spelling.

Pronounced Mee-hall.

afaik Michael Jackson was not Scottish or Irish.

Michael is easy to remember. It's alphabetical.

Likewise Reuben. Not Rueben

@DramaAlpacacross post!

I've seen too many Pheobes over the years.

I am married to a Michael. His own grandmother always spelled it Micheal. Think his uncle still does.

Micheal is the Irish way to spell it (and AFAIK it’s pronounced Mi-harl with a guttural consonant. Although I agree this doesn’t apply to MJ.

I once taught a Pheobe who I mentally called 'Fee-ob' every time I looked at the register.

It amazed me that her mother had had 9 months to choose a classical name, but couldn't be bothered to find out how to spell it.

Sorry x posted with everyone

Came here to say this too as my friend Caoimhe and I had this exact conversation last week! But I don't think other people should find offence on behalf of others - if it's their name, it's for them to feel one way or another about. Why would you insert yourself into the argument?

I say this as a Welsh woman who has a five letter name that people regularly get wrong. It's FIVE letters! And it's not short for anything! But I wouldn't expect people to get cross on my behalf. In an email do I give a monkey's? Not really. But on a certificate or on my bank card - of course! My baby bracelet from hospital was spelled incorrectly too... and I was born in Wales!!

I have also met Micheals in my life...

So funny, in the same minute too!

@CmonBobby I like the way all three of us have used a different way of writing down how it's pronounced, but they all sound pretty much the same!

It alphabetical in order. A E L

One of my best friends always uses the wrong spelling of my name. Tbh I don't give much of a fuck!

If in English yes, and for MJ.
Micheal is the Irish spelling, pronounced Mehawl (sort of)

Is that spelt 'angels' or 'angles'? I can never rememember.

I know perfectly well how to spell it but somehow my fingers always get it wrong when I type it, which is frequently as it is the name of one of my colleagues. I do go back and correct it, but it happens every time.

'Non Angli sed angeli.

But wait, new level unlocked, is she Keeva or Queeva?

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles it depends on which angel/angle your/you're looking at it from.