Tuesday naming
Tonight:
Tell us about two times someone has spelled or pronounced your name wrong
And, because we're none of us perfect, tell us about:
Two times you have made a horrible botch of a name.
Marce's point of view:
On my first day in high school, my teacher wrote my name on the class list as Marselina Bennites. I had to spend a week convincing her that my name was spelled as "Marcelina Benitez". Then that same week, my seatmate Lize pronounced my nickname as "Mars-eh", and not as "Marsee". Guess which variation stuck?
But turnabout is fair play, I guess. When I was an intern, I accidentally misspelled a client's name as "Christopher" when he was actually named "Kristofer." Then during a meeting with another lawyer, I called her "Maria" when she was named "Marisse." Those were big screw ups, at least professionally speaking!
Tell us about two times someone has spelled or pronounced your name wrong
And, because we're none of us perfect, tell us about:
Two times you have made a horrible botch of a name.
Marce's point of view:
On my first day in high school, my teacher wrote my name on the class list as Marselina Bennites. I had to spend a week convincing her that my name was spelled as "Marcelina Benitez". Then that same week, my seatmate Lize pronounced my nickname as "Mars-eh", and not as "Marsee". Guess which variation stuck?
But turnabout is fair play, I guess. When I was an intern, I accidentally misspelled a client's name as "Christopher" when he was actually named "Kristofer." Then during a meeting with another lawyer, I called her "Maria" when she was named "Marisse." Those were big screw ups, at least professionally speaking!