On 16 February 2012 12:32, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 16 February 2012 11:27, John Du Hart compwhizii@gmail.com wrote:
Is this really something to get upset over? It's not as if he was calling you stupid, he simply misspelled your name (shortened it, really).
People's own names are extremely important to them.
Very true. When I was in school learning journalism, that was the only way to get an automatic fail: getting someone's name wrong. (Now I say that, I guess you also failed if you plagiarized or fabricated. But getting someone's name wrong was the most seemingly-trivial way to fail.)
While we're on the topic, here's a public service announcement. It's Bishakha Datta, not Bishaka Datta. The single most-frequently misspelled name on our lists, AFAICT. Also, Erik Moeller or Erik Möller with umlaut. Never Erik Moller with no umlaut :-)
Thanks, Sue