[Ipg-smz] From a LinkedIn discussion

[Lee Schlesinger]

I had a co-worker once who named her daughter Tiffini, and complained to us
that everyone spelled the girl's name wrong.

On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 1:10 PM Tara Calishain via Ipg-smz <
ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:

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