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0 pointsalias_neo4y ago0 comments

Lucky you mister Josh Strange.

If however, like myself, you have a name like Mr Fair lyPopularNameNoOneInBritainCanSpellCorrectly IncomprehensibleItalianOrSpanishOrSomethingEuropeanFamilyNameNoBritHearingItWillEverAssumeStartsWithTheLetterItActuallyDoes, it's the epitome of tedium every time you have to get someone on the phone or in person to spell your name correctly.

My wife fucking hates it that she switched from her easy, unmistakable English family name to my shit show of a Phonetic spelling exercise.

I guarantee I'd never receive a single spam message because nobody is EVER spelling my FirstnameLastname.com correctly, Mr MyNameExistsInAutocorrect Strange.

Jokes aside, seriously, my family name starts with "El" and the second you start saying it you see people write "L" and pause.

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joshstrange4y ago· 1 in thread

Totally fair criticism of my statement and I apologize for not taking into account names that are harder to spell or hear correctly.

I am very thankful that I don’t have those issues but yes, my advice doesn’t hold up in those situations.

alias_neoOP4y ago

No worries, I was a light hearted rebuttal!

I always found the firstname@lastname.com to confuse people far more than the name itself. I often get questions like "is that at gmail.com or hotmail.com or...?"

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