Do people spell your name right....?
By Tiff Gray
@T_gray (7774)
Salina, Kansas
February 11, 2016 11:58pm CST
Do you have one of those names that no one can seem to spell right? Or a common name that is spelled differently? Well I do and it is always spelled wrong, but today was an all time classic.
As some of you know my name is Tiffanie. Not spelled with a "Y" like the common way. Well earlier today I went to a fast food restaurant and I ordered my meal and they asked for my name so they could call it when my order was up. As she handed my receipt my name was spelled "Tiffiny."
Now that is a completely new one to me. If my name has ever been spelled that way, then I am clueless. I just giggled as I know that my name is never spelled right, and unless it is on a business form, I never bother to correct them. 90% of the time I will just say Tiff anyway.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Feb 16
"Tiffiny" sounds like just a misspelling from someone who has never had to spell the original.
Of course I Am not sure of the original spelling myself. "tiffany" or "Tifany" neither sounds correct.
Name is Amber but way back in grade school I had a teacher spell it "Ember"
My maiden middle name is spelled incorrectly. My dad spelled it "Lynn" but it supposed to be with an "e" at the end.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Feb 16
@EthanRye It is odd to have your name mispelled on a document like this.
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
12 Feb 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum my middle name was also misspelled. I think it was supposed be Page, but the person put Paige. I love that spelling anyway.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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13 Feb 16
No I don't but when people came to say my surname 9 out 10 don't get it right and I never bother to correct them so I know were you coming from.
Maybe the lady didn't or as problems with spelling, I would be hopeless, I would get people names wrong. But I would ask if I didn't know how to spell someone name
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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13 Feb 16
@T_gray Glad we are the same on that one, I'm hopeless at spelling at the best of times.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Feb 16
By far I haven't met a person who is dumb enough to misspell Albert. My last name though had been a huge victim of misspellings.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Feb 16
@T_gray My last name though is something that can make people cry when it comes to spelling. They cant even pronounce it.
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
12 Feb 16
My first name is very common. No one misspells it, but everyone misspells my last name wrong. I won't escape it when I get married either because I know people will misspell it too.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
13 Feb 16
@T_gray I've seen Grey and GRay used as the spelling of the color myself.
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@T_gray (7774)
• Salina, Kansas
13 Feb 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum They are both correct. Depends on what part of the world you are from really...So I retract my statement. But when people ask if it's spelled like the color...it's still hard to answer them. 
@T_gray (7774)
• Salina, Kansas
13 Feb 16
Last names can be tough. You would think my last name would be easy but really its not, Gray. People ask if its spelled like the color. The color is spelled Grey. But half of the world doesn't know that the color is spelled that way. Crazy huh?
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
13 Feb 16
I don't have that issue with my first name it's my last name that always gets spelled and pronounced wrong.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
12 Feb 16
I never knew your name was Tiffanie, now I know. 
Hi Tiffanie!! If you told me your name verbally, I would spell it Tiffany. I don't know how she got Tiffiny, I guess she thinks the a / i are the same.
I get asked 2 - L's or one L for Michelle.
Hi Tiffanie!! If you told me your name verbally, I would spell it Tiffany. I don't know how she got Tiffiny, I guess she thinks the a / i are the same.
I get asked 2 - L's or one L for Michelle.1 person likes this
@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
13 Feb 16
@T_gray Yay! Nice to meet you again! Michelle is actually my nickname, my real name is a Vietnamese name. I would spell Michelle with 2 L's also. I never met a Michelle with just one L. I have met a Mitchell though.
I would spell Michelle with 2 L's also. I never met a Michelle with just one L. I have met a Mitchell though.1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
25 Feb 16
My first name has always been spelled wrong and like you I never expect it to be right anymore. When people ask my name and I say Marilyn they react like it's a name they've never heard before and have spelled it every which way
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@JudyEv (325815)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Feb 16
Our surname is sometimes pronounced wrongly rather than spelt wrongly. It is 'Evans' and is pronounced to rhyme with 'heavens'. We always know when we are getting a spam call from overseas because they always ask for Mr or Mrs Evens (rhymes with Stevens).
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@RonElFran (1214)
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
12 Feb 16
My wife has one of those names people are forever mispelling. It's become something of a joke with us to see all the creative ways people mispell her name. It's a little annoying, but she's gotten used to it.
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