Sometimes I get Jenn instead of Jen, but mostly I go by Jennifer, so it's not usually an issue. I guess there are alternate spellings, but people don't seem to use them much. My last name on the other hand is the less common spelling of a moderately common name.

Hot water, yay!

Nobody can spell anything, is the thing.

Especially on the Internets.

I know my last name is a bear, but I do wonder at the number of people who ask me to spell Ginger even after I say, "Like gingerale or gingerbread."

I may need to reserve this as a future tag. Can I, huh?

I can't work out what to blame, and without blame I can get no closure.

Nobody can spell anything, is the thing.

Thankyew. It's a hard line to draw, but please don't name your daughter Vujyna. Or your son. But even if she's called Catherine (most popular name at my British high school) she'll get it spelt wrong, and she'll be teased about something.

I went to school with a Wilsome and a Novelette. Never spelt their names wrong. And no one teased them. They were huge.

So maybe that's the key to success.

eta: JenP, was that me? If so, yes. If not, well, go ahead it's the board's birthday--it got you something nice!

I wonder... if my name were really Megan Walker, how often would I have to spell it?

Megan, all the time. Walker, possibly less often. Possibly.

And on the pronunciation front, some people would call you meg-in, some may-gun, and some mee-gun.

I don't understand why people use a significantly different homonym to spell my name. For the second time today, someone I *emailed* to say I was coming put the wrong name on the security list. Just cut and paste! It makes more sense!