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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.

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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.

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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