My sister gets Mellisa instead of
Melissa all the time. And
Matthew always becomes
Mathew. Unless your name actually is
Mathew, because that becomes
Matthew more often than not.
Michael to
Micheal is another common one. As is
John to
Jon.
Claire is mistaken for
Clare. I know someone who got
Joseph on an award instead of
Jozef, but that's an easy mistake.
I have no idea how people make these mistakes. They are common names! You see them everywhere! Why haven't you learned to spell them yet? It's one of my pet peeves for sure.
Some can be funny. My English teacher expected us to know every little detail of the books we're reading and would quiz us on them. Most people just used spark notes or would get information from someone else. Those people produced some awful mistakes...King Lear became
King Lyre, and
Myrtle from The Great Gatsby became Merdelf. I wonder how some people can be so stupid.
This message was edited 6/21/2011, 7:39 AM