It's not very important, in the whole great scheme of things

[emmelinemay]

but it's Emmie and not Emmy.

It's one of those awkward things, isn't it? You don't want to embarass someone or make them feel bad by correcting them, but after you've let it slide for a while then you feel like it's too late to say anything. And then when you do say something, you feel silly, because it's really not that important.

Throughout most of my life I've spent many weeks in various places called, by various people, Emily, Emma, Amy, Abby and Ellie; and been too embarassed to say anything.

Have any of you experienced this? If i've been saying/spelling your name wrong for the last few years, please tell me now!

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[gothicfreakgrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm actually Lady Baronness Elsbeth of Maldovia, heir to the mighty throne and warrior princess.







In my mind.

[gothicfreakgrrl.livejournal.com]

On a more serious note, I get a right peeve when people spell it Houghton, not Horton, especially when I've just said it out loud.

[miss-soap.livejournal.com]

If you don't correct people within the first 3 mispronunciations/misspellings, you are doomed forever to them calling you by someone else's name.

I am 'leesa', not 'lissa'. See cutietrol for details on how to mispronounce for 9+ years.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

I remember you telling me it was leesa and not lissa - you were in fact one of the first people i thought of when i made the post!

It's just that i've noticed the 'Emmys' creeeping in, from people who've known me for years, and i thought maybe it was tme to mention it...

I assume it's people who've been using 'Emmie' and seen other people using 'Emmy' and gone 'crap, i've got it wrong'!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_abby_/]

Despite the fact that all my internet ID's are 'Abby' people still spell it Abbey all the time, even though it is sitting right there in front of them.

Having said that, I dont actually care!

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

Ive written emails to people with 'Emmie' at the bottom, and it's still come back 'Emmy'!

Lets not even get into the imaginative ways people manage to spell 'Emmeline'.

[brokenbeany.livejournal.com]

I always get Hannah, Anna or the worst is Annie.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

I've had Annie, on occasion, which is weird. That's a pretty talented mis-hearing.

[flywingedmonkey.livejournal.com]

I call Miz Soap Lys-a rather than Lee-sa because of the way I read the spelling in my head before I met her.

She did correct me but doesn't seem to mind too much when I drunkenly lapse. Or perhaps she does.

A nickname of mine is "Chaff" which gets spelled and pronounced all sorts of ways.

JmC
What's my name, bitch?!

[suicideally.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the diminuation of my name being spelled either "Ally" or "Ali", but it really bothers me when people call me "Alison".

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

we had a hair client who insisted on calling Alice 'Alison' even though Alice signed ALL of her emails and texts to her 'Alice', and whenever we did her hair everyone called her 'Alice'. it actually became a bit of a joke after a while :)

It doens't really bother me that much, hence why i' ve not mentioned it before. But i'm bored :)

[mnowster.livejournal.com]

I remember the night I met you and when putting number in my phone you making it very clear it was EmmIE! It made me smile cos I get that A.LOT and tend to make it very clear it's Mazz with 2 z's!

With my full name Marianne, it's Mary-Ann, Marian, Miriam, Marriane all sorts very few ever ever get it right.

Mazz, which should be easier to get right but it has been mis-construed into Mads, Mars, Maz. It's 2 z's dammit..2..I'm greedy and it's my name! ;)

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

I'm greedy and it's my name

quite!!

[jez-alone.livejournal.com]

My first GIVEN name gets...Dana, Danna, Dina, Dawna

My surname is even scarier, but only here in the UK where it seems Italian surnames are completely alien to all.

My HUGE pet peeve is when people call me "Don"...I have two freaking sylables in my name - please use both of them you lazy shit!

[felishumanus.livejournal.com]

I get Jean instead of Jane regularly

Various pronounciations of Felis, i emphasize the E, but some latin learners seem to say it Fay-lis

someone once insisted my middle name was Herman too...

and atm I am getting Mrs and Dr instead of Miss!! even Ms would be prefferable

[dangermonkey.livejournal.com]

Shit! So that's your name! Finally I can stop being so embarressed around you in the hope I don't have to call your name!

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

if i'm talking about you to other people who know you, and call you ben, they give me a funny glazed expression, and have no idea who i'm talking about until i call you barn.

[dangermonkey.livejournal.com]

Have you just watched Last Boy Scout, and you're stuck on the guy who calls him 'Joseph' all the time?

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

Possibly. if i HAD a copy of the last boy scout. which i don't.

but that's fine. No, really, it's FINE.

[mark13.livejournal.com]

There aren't really very many ways you can fuck up 'Mark'¹ - I get the odd person asking if that's with a K or C (cos that really affects the pronunciation, of course), and occasionally someone will call me Matt or Martin, but nothing that bothers me all that much.


1. And I've tried most of the ways of fucking Mark up I can think of, over the years. ;)

[scarlett-lee.livejournal.com]

I get called Charlotte a lot but that's usually by people who have been corrected before and have just slipped up.

This reminds me of a friend I had while doing my A-levels. Our biology tutor always called Niamh "Ni-am". Niamh, being quite shy didn't immediately correct her and after that of course it was too late. There was a horrible moment about 6 months later where the poor tutor overheard another classmate addressing Niamh properly: she was mortified!

[girfan.livejournal.com]

People assume I am a Patricia and call me that when they want to sound serious (and wonder why I don't respond if called this!).

I especially hate one of the dimuitives I sometimes get called. I am NOT 5!

It is confusing if I am called by my name in France, though.

[canudiglett]

What is your name short for, then? Or are you just a Pat?

[gaius-octavian.livejournal.com]

At my secondary school they had me in the register as "Gary", I didn't bother to correct them (tho' they eventually figured it out) as I liked having a secret identity.

[aliasrob.livejournal.com]

Hmm... maybe you should create the Emmie Awards for good TV, just to redress the balance.

I'll drop those DVDs over to you tonight, BTW - will you be about? Are you able to answer the door/etc or are there any other sick person precautions/caveats I should know about?

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

i've held the Red Dwarf Emmy award you know. That gives me double geek points.

I'll be in, i'm allowed to go anywhere! You have to call me when i'm outside becasue i can't really hear the doorbell from my room, and then be patient as it can take me several minutes to reach the door...

[purplestuart.livejournal.com]

I think I've always spelt it with a 'y'. Now i know.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

i don't really mind. I'm just VERY bored....

[sera-squeak.livejournal.com]

You'd be amazed at the numerous and amusing ways that people have mis-spelt my name, which is hardly difficult or unusual.

[canudiglett]

I'm glad you said that because I didn't know if you were an Emmie or an Emmy. I am a Suzi but I don't mind being called Suzy or Susan, however I absolutely hate Susie or Sue. Sue is the worst because I have never once in my life referred to myself as Sue and I make a point of not answering to it unless it's a life and death situation and yet people still don't get it right. After a while it goes beyond people just being forgetful and I start to find it downright rude and presumptious.

[yaruar.livejournal.com]

My name is pretty easy. My dad however has no end of pain with his name. It's not that difficult, it's Tony. However people refuse to believe that it is his name and he still gets letters addressed to Anthony and people addressing him as such in real life.

[shaunus4.livejournal.com]

Man, I'm Shaun McConn Chamberlin, and all 3 get spelled (spelt?) wrong all the time - I have A-Level certificates in someone else's name!! But meh :)

[preachermuaddib.livejournal.com]

MY neighbour downstairs calls me "peter"
Alex and Na'ama have started calling me "mr.P"
KAte's mum calls me either "the prince of darkness" or "that man"

No-one pronounces my last name right.

I've also been known as "the defendant" and "guilty"

[rubberwench.livejournal.com]

how do you know how your last name is spelt since you got it from a book? or am i missing something?

[liz-lowlife.livejournal.com]

I introduce myself to strangers as Liz. To mates, I prefer Lizzie...every time! If you are a friend call me Lizzie! But not many people do, because of my LJ name. I think Lizzie suits my personality to a tee.
If anyone dares to call me Elizabeth, I just want to punch them.
The mad old bloke next door insists on calling me Elizabeth even when I have NEVER introduced myself as that. Drives me mad.


And yes, I have *always* known you were an Emmie! :oD

[kathbad]

I get amused by emails sent to my correct address (Katherine), and then addressed to Catherine!

You just typed it, moron!

[rubberwench.livejournal.com]

are you just talking about spelling? cos i can't see the difference in pronunciation.
you could look on the bright side and think that at least you have a memorable name, unlike sarah which is so common almost everyone knows how it sounds and is spelt (it's either with an h or without).
though i have been very confused as to how non dyslexic english-speaking people could spell my name sahra or sarha on occasion.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

well, obviously emmie and emmy are said the same! It's just that the number of emails/cards etc with emmY have been creeping up, from people who i'm sure used to use emmie, and i was kind of bored, and the other week i spent a week being called Ellie before i even noticed, so i thought i'd say something!