<div dir="ltr">I had a co-worker once who named her daughter Tiffini, and complained to us that everyone spelled the girl's name wrong.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 1:10 PM Tara Calishain via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Not about spelling. But if another person tells me I'm pronouncing my own name wrong, there will be mayhem. <div><br></div><div>(My parents chose how to pronounce it, don't put that shit on me.)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 12:02 PM Stephen Satchell via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Today I had a new connection presented to me in LinkedIn. She works for <br>
$DAYJOB, with connections to all the other employees and contractors in <br>
my contacts. So I told LinkedIn "yes", and sent a message to this person.<br>
<br>
I told her she was the third "Michelle" in my contact list. I only know <br>
this because I dated a lady with that first name in high school, and <br>
"would have put a ring on it" (cf Beyonce, "Single Ladies") had I not <br>
moved away and lost track of her. So the name rings a little bell.<br>
<br>
(Not that the song by The Beatles has anything to do with it.)<br>
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So, my new contact accuses me of collecting Michelles.<br>
<br>
Not at all, I replied. It's just a statistical observation, sparked by <br>
my fond memories of the above-mentioned date. I opined that I had no <br>
idea "how to set Michelle bait."<br>
<br>
Her retort: "All you would need to do is bring up the debate about the <br>
spelling of my name. I don't know a Michelle or Michele that doesn't <br>
have strong opinions."<br>
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Now, there is a similar religious war between "Satchel" and "Satchell", <br>
both last names stemming from the occupation of "maker of little brown <br>
bags." At one time in the past, my family name was "White", but in a <br>
community of too many Whites one of my ancestors decided to adopt the <br>
occupation-based name.<br>
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Anyone here have stories of similar arguments about the spelling of names?<br>
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(And why would I want to collect Michelles?)<br>
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