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My name is somewhat uncommon and there is no standard spelling, so it gets misspelled all the time (there is a famous singer with my name, but her name isn't spelled the same way as mine). It doesn't bother me, but I do correct it if necessary. I do the same for my LOs' names.

I have a pretty common name, spelled the "right" way, but there are many spelling variations so I try not to get too upset if a different spelling is used. My favorite is a personalized "Baby's 1st Christmas" ornament a family friend had personalized. I guess she didn't know what spelling my parents went with because it is the weirdest combination of ALL the spellings that I have ever seen!!

The only time I was ever really mad was at the job I had in grad school. One of the women in the office kept calling me Wendy (not even remotely similar to my name). I would correct her every time, but in her mind I was Wendy. It made me mad because my e-mail alias was MYFIRSTNAME@....., yet I would still get emails that started with Wendy. Dude, you obviously know what my name is because you had to write out my email address. But she was kind of a bitch and I'm convinced she did it to get on my nerves, because no one is that stupid, right???

No one misspells my first name.

there are two common spellings for my last name, so I usually spell it whenever I know it will be written down. In three years of marriage, I've never had someone misspell it.

Everyone has an 80 year old grandma with my name and everyone still spells it wrong. Thanks mom and dad. Unless it's an important legal document, I don't worry about it.

My oldest is pretty simply spelled, but everyone tries to add their K's and Y's to it, I just say it's the traditional spelling.

I feel bad for my second, my husband was hung up on an older spelling of the name, so we compromised- I got the name if we spelled it that way. Poor soul, I feel his pain, but he'll get used to it in no time

I never do. I have one of those common names that has a like 5 different common spellings. I never correct people. It doesn't bother me that much.

There are two variations of my name, one with an "o" (very uncommon) and one with an "a". Every one with my name (even celebrities) use the "a". To me, they are pronounced differently so I correct people if they use a "o".

My last name is big, complicated, and Polish. I let that one slide.

I absolutely correct them by starting my response with: "actually, my name is MaryBeth, not Mary" especially if it's someone with whom you'll correspond with regularly. I even changed the spelling to MaryBeth (removing the space), and have a signature as well...But still, 5 out of 10 times, I get "Hi Mary!". It drives me nuts!

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My name is pretty common, but can be spelled multiple ways, so its frequently misspelled. Honestly I've gotten so used to it I never bother to say anything, but it is annoying in emails and when people who used to spell it correctly all of a sudden start spelling it a different way.

I usually don't unless they specifically ask if they spelled it correctly. I figure I could spend my whole like being frustrated at people, so as long as I know what they are getting at, I don't say anything.