Pronunciation errors are what get me.
Koenig is often pronounced "koe-ing". My last name also has different
pronounciations for the same spelling.
To make things worse I use an online alias that millenials are not able to
parse properly. It seems like reading comprehension has failed among
On Sat, 17 Nov 2018, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
Lofstrom has been spelled Loffstrom, Lastrum, even
Lostroni. Kieth is common as well.
And I've had people spell my last name Shepherd. All I can do is bark and
bite them on the ankles.
Rich
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On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:32:58 -0800
Denis Heidtmann dijo:
>Yes, Mr. R, spelling is a dying art, or at least attention to it. Your
>name is not the only victim.
This has been caused by the ubiquitous spelling checkers that come with
all kinds of technological devices these days. People no longer
Yes, Mr. R, spelling is a dying art, or at least attention to it. Your
name is not the only victim.
But imagine having a name with one "n" commonly spelled with two "n"s, and
a last name with the opposite. I have even been called Denise. Take heart
that Russell does not have a feminine form.
On 11/17/18 1:37 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
> By way of preface, I am not directing this at anyone in particular,
> but I just want to say that I have noticed a pervasive practice of
> shortening my name by a letter, and I find this (perhaps irrationally)
> irritating, and I don't really understand
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 01:37:47PM -0800, Russell Senior wrote:
> By way of preface, I am not directing this at anyone in particular,
And the last name is spelled Señor, yes? In vim, you can
type the diacritical tilde in the eñe with ctrl-k / n / ~
Lofstrom has been spelled Loffstrom, Lastrum,
By way of preface, I am not directing this at anyone in particular,
but I just want to say that I have noticed a pervasive practice of
shortening my name by a letter, and I find this (perhaps irrationally)
irritating, and I don't really understand the practice. I recall that
Randal Schwartz has
