I disagree, Joseph Rodgers. Well, to the point that if they see it, they should pay attention and get it right. If you have an uncommon spelling for a common name, live with making corrections. I have had abominations of my last name where I have ...
Ok...here's the deal. When you have a name that has 20 (or even just 4) different ways to spell it, you don't really get to be upset when someone spells it wrong. That's just...irrational. Now, if you correct them and they flame you for spelling i...
I do telephony tech support for several major restaurant chains, the kind of joints that odds are you've eaten at in the last month of so, all of you, world wide. Anyway I love when managers call me because something silly has broken and give me t...
When going to a bar, I have learned to get the waitresses name, esp if you expect her to come around all night. Talk to her nicely, treat her like a human, and she almost always works a little harder to make sure you are taken care of. Then make s...
You have celebrity support, people should be accustomed to your spelling from seeing Ashlee Simpson. Of course, if she was more successful as a pop star, you'd have even more support.
I get that, my name is spelled Ashlee, while most spell it Ashley or Ashleigh. My name is phonetically correctly, sound it out! Ash-lee. I hate when people spell it wrong, I correct them, then the flame me for spelling my name like that. Surely, I...
Kinda like Austin Powers' line ... Allow myself to introduce ... myself.
Another good one... From J.R.R. Tolkiens' The Lord of the Rings. (one of the scenes in the move where the dialog was taken directly from the book.
Bilbo Baggins speaking to ...
Well, I've always thought it was rather obvious since the standard spelling for "Dee Na" is Deana or Deena... and Diana has an i... but you'd be surprised how many just don't get it.
Yeah, hot babes usually are named Deanna.
Tell me more about your interest in Anglo Saxons and the earlier forms of English. It's rare to run into someone pleading to restore the Thorn and the Aesche to the language.
nice retort but not true as I have no dogma or religion to post. But nor am I an atheist. The simple truth is that all the Christian faiths pretty much share one facet, Conversion. Sharing and converting is a big part of Christianity. Now to me this makes sense as if you feel you have something that you believe will save the other persons soul you would naturally want to share it. I understand and respect this. Where I have problems (and it is my problem) is when scripture is quoted as proof and to even contest that the scripture might me incorrect will start a flame war.
Look, don't misunderstand my intent here. I'm not trying to shake your faith, nor am I trying to school you, I'm just attempting to have you look at it from another point of view. I actually am one hell of a nice guy. Also sometimes I get tunnel vision on a subject and its people like you that help me stay in my box :)
And to refute my point all you need to do is find me someone who is not Christian posting their dogma, Scripture, etc in a forum type of setting and I will concede the point.