tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457422002171939579.post4968182124045251127..comments2024-03-20T04:19:52.573-05:00Comments on Stuff, Things, etc.: My absolute number one pet peeve...Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075708535155080258noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457422002171939579.post-51120327983156948392012-08-21T10:03:00.988-05:002012-08-21T10:03:00.988-05:00I should have totally wrote a blog post about this...I should have totally wrote a blog post about this myself! I have the same problems! My name is Nicole, but I go by Nikki and always have. I thought N-I-K-K-I was the most common spelling, but apparently not. I've seen everything from Nickki to Nikkie to Nicky to Nickie and on and on. I just had a birthday (yesterday) and even on Facebook, where it lists my name RIGHT ABOVE THE BLANK SPACE where you leave a message for someone, more than a few people wished "Nicki" or "Nickki" or "Nicky" a Happy Birthday! Seriously, people?! I've even had people misspell Nicole. There's no "H"! It's not "Nichole"! Grrr! And don't even get me started on my last name! My maiden name is Towler, which is pronounced like it's spelled - TOW-ler. As in TOW truck. But everyone - EVERYONE - pronounced it as TOWEL-er. And to make matters worse, my married last name is nearly identical to my maiden name. It's Powley, which is pronounced POE-lee. POW rhymes with TOW, but now people pronounce my new last name as POWEL-ee. UGH! I cannot win! <br /><br />Sorry for ranting, Kristin, but this is a total sore spot for me too. (If you couldn't tell.) ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457422002171939579.post-81125536526051220192012-04-29T00:41:08.166-05:002012-04-29T00:41:08.166-05:00My name's pretty simple. It's Linda. But i...My name's pretty simple. It's Linda. But if I'm talking on the phone & they ask me my name they always hear Belinda, Melinda or Brenda...so annoying!<br /><br />Hope people start getting your name right :)Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180987728892745670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457422002171939579.post-62574356942023972272012-04-27T20:48:57.690-05:002012-04-27T20:48:57.690-05:00Preaching to the choir here...people always spell ...Preaching to the choir here...people always spell my name wrong. I have a FB friend who spells it "Dorthy" every single time she posts on my wall or a comment (she's a name-user) and MY ACTUAL NAME IS RIGHT THERE. :) Oh, and my BFF from Kindergarten? The one I've known for 30 years? Still spells it wrong too.Dorothy @ Crazy for Crusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02372290856586991757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457422002171939579.post-23310910139143792862012-04-27T20:38:13.526-05:002012-04-27T20:38:13.526-05:00Considering I have the same name as you, this is A...Considering I have the same name as you, this is ALSO my biggest pet peeve!! :) We're in the same boat. I swear, it's not hard to look on the paper at work and copy my name onto the chart (some people always spell it EN). I have had many teachers/professors that spelled it with an en. today when i got my screen protector put on my iphone, the guy asks for my name for the computer and even as i spelled it, he wrote it wrong. ugh! NOT THAT HARD. there's a difference between IN and EN!Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496216935842388499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457422002171939579.post-12181241301126704382012-04-27T18:47:34.703-05:002012-04-27T18:47:34.703-05:00Well, having been Rebecca Brown at one time in my ...Well, having been Rebecca Brown at one time in my life, I can't say that I really had the name problem that you experience on (what sounds like) a daily basis. While I can understand people misspelling your name with a variation like Kristen, I do agree that people should spell your name correctly after being told how to!<br /><br />I can now relate, however, to last name problems. Since getting married, I've learned that it is necessary to both spell and pronounce my name for people. I find it annoying. <br /><br />I was also amused by the baby name article you linked to because I have had students with many of those names on the list! In fact, this year I have an Aiden, Brayden (both mentioned), and a Dreyden in my class. I still love the name Aiden thanks to Sex and the City, but I couldn't say that I disagreed with some of them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com