Is Sherlock Holmes in the public domain?

Congratulations, Erin and Mr. Erin!

It turns out DH and I are freakish outliers on married names. We both changed to a hyphenated version of both our names.

For the record, at least 60% of the time when people see the kid's last name written out, they 'accidentally' cut off the first half. I find that quite interesting, like they need to correct our mistake.

Friends' of mine kids have Firstname Middlename ComplicatedItalianName-ComplicatedPolishName. There are often not enough boxes. But honestly, spoken? It works.

Is Sherlock Holmes in the public domain?

D asked the same thing but after the Jude Law/Robert Downey Jr movie, I'm sure there's plenty of that flavor available.

Shakespeare is but I feel like if you're going to do that it's got to be iambic pentameter and I don't know if I have the skills for that.

I disliked my name. It never felt like more than a legal and sentimental bestowing due to adoption, so I had no emotional attachment to it. Plus difficult to get others to spell correctly, and bitter holdover from grade school, in the last half of the alphabet. I'd always planned to take my husband's name.

Heh. If you remember how to spell it, odds are you can't pronounce it. I use army alphabet to spell it over the phone (Alpha Delta Alpha Romeo Echo), and provide a printed phonetic spelling and pronunciation with a signature. And when I'm feeling mean, I just sit and smile and watch the receptionist attempt it. Of course this is better! Hours of entertainment. Plus, first half of the alphabet (fist pump) yess!

Now Bev? You just threw down the gauntlet.

And I may have had a few Stellas and a shot or two so I am in no way responsible for my typing until tomorrow morning.

A D A R E? The Italian in me wants to pronounce it ah-DAR-eh. But that's probably not correct.

The Italian in me wants to pronounce it ah-DAR-eh. But that's probably not correct.

I bet you're right. Unless it's A-dare.

Is Sherlock Holmes in the public domain?

Apparently it's the source of some confusion. The ACD estate says 2023, but others say that's just the final book.

Some are on Project Gutenberg: [link]

Plus difficult to get others to spell correctly, and bitter holdover from grade school, in the last half of the alphabet. I'd always planned to take my husband's name.

Wait, and your current name is better? I mean, I'm from the midwest so it gives me no issue, but I'd be surprised if the rest of the country (and, um, especially the south) didn't have some trouble.

I'm torn between what i'll do, partly because my name is so hard for people to spell and pronounce. But on the other hand I've got 30 odd years of experience saying "No it's starts E." and "z as in zebra".