WTFs of the day

[maradydd]

Now, I know my first name isn't easy to spell if you've only heard it spoken, mostly because of all the schwas. In the past I've gotten Merideth, Meridith, Meradith, and a variety of other interesting misspellings.

Today, however, is the first time I've ever gotten a package addressed to Maradeath Patterson.

Also, the convenience store in my yuppie-hell apartment complex now sells hookahs. And the flavoured molasses tobacco to go with them. No, I didn't buy one, but I did pick up some of those fast-lighting charcoal blocks to use with the various kinds of resin incense I have lying around.

Comments

[ivy]

Best misspelling ever! [grin] I've gotten Raben, Ravan, Ravin, and Rave (ugh!), but nothing so cool. My last name gets the expected transposition about 30% of the time for first usages; there's a lot more of them than there are of me.

[used_songs]

That's kind of cool - it reminds me of Lord Peter Death Bredon Whimsey (I'm sure I've spelled at least two of his names wrong)!

[songblaze.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I am reminded of a very silly novel I read once in which the heroine who shares your name was called 'Merry-Death' by a 10th century Viking who mystically appeared in the 20th century.

[mycroftxxx.livejournal.com]

Uhm, who did you get that package from? Did it have a return address at 1000 Holcombe?

[vatine]

I seldom get that cool mis-spellings, the best (so far) is the gratuitous "e" Bossman inserts in the middle of my surname consonant cluster (it's 'ttss', not 'ttess', thankyouverymuch) or the dropping of some crucial consonants from my first name (it's "Ingvar", not "Inga", the latter is if nothing else the wrong gender).

[carolhelga.livejournal.com]

The OWW folks do tend to call you "Merry-Death," but we do that on purpose. :D

Funniest misspellings I get are mailings addressed to "Carl". I've learned to live with those who put the extra 'e' at the end, but I do get annoyed with folks who add an 'ine'--especially when I've told them not to.

[nibor.livejournal.com]

This is why I lead the simple life of having a common name.
Of course, everyone wants to spell it with a v.

[cloakedwraith.livejournal.com]

Dude, a couple days ago I got a letter addressed to "Mrs. [my name spelled correctly]." Inside was an invitation to some women's economic conference, I think. The envelope was hand-addressed, by the way, so it wasn't just some computer that didn't know any better. WTF?

[oddthink.livejournal.com]

My favorite misspelling came from a high-tech burrito receipt, which spelled my name "Hiojan." I thought that was fun.

[doissetep.livejournal.com]

Oh, I empathize completely. Were I to have a nickel for every time my name has been both mis-spelled and mis-pronounced (both first and last), I would have enough to set up several charitable scholarships and a few endowments.

It makes me think there should be a poem, Maradeath Comes for the Archibishop.