tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post7767255197676318694..comments2024-02-16T06:03:12.489-06:00Comments on BrummellBlog: Monday Rant: Spell My Name!TheBrummellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-80952833206238458132007-02-20T15:23:00.000-06:002007-02-20T15:23:00.000-06:00Sorry if I've ever misspelled your name, Mr. Brume...Sorry if I've ever misspelled your name, Mr. Brumell.<BR/><BR/>Sucka!<BR/><BR/><BR/>My brother is normally in the same boat as you with people dropping out one of a set of double letters. However, that's not the only thing to happen to him. It's not a spelling thing, but one time my mom accidentally called him "Walmart".King Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785457928646226831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-76376504525448412692007-02-19T09:09:00.000-06:002007-02-19T09:09:00.000-06:00Anon, I doubt your moronic status.It's true that m...Anon, I doubt your moronic status.<BR/><BR/>It's true that my name does rhyme with "pummel". But it's not spelled that way.<BR/><BR/>Mispronounciations of my name can be reserved for a separate rant.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-80837405227275790862007-02-19T07:09:00.000-06:002007-02-19T07:09:00.000-06:00This will probably show me to be a "complete moron...This will probably show me to be a "complete moron," but I would have assumed that your named rhymed with "pummel" rather than with "spell".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-77903583186086832632007-02-17T17:27:00.000-06:002007-02-17T17:27:00.000-06:00the ridiculous degree of non-standardization withi...<I>the ridiculous degree of non-standardization within the English language </I><BR/>Given how many names in Canada are derived from languages other than English (including a large fraction of English names), I doubt another language would help much. This is probably a general feature of stupid people (i.e. everybody).<BR/><BR/>Please tell me your ridiculous story! Sounds fun.<BR/><BR/>The whole adding-an-s-to-the-end phenomenon also bugs the hell out of me. Certain close relatives of mine do it chronically. This is why I sometimes over-compensate, and drop an s from some names.<BR/><BR/>The mis-transcribe thing is just mind-boggling. It happens to me, too, but generally it's just the double-l at the end of the name, which is why I put in the stuff about pairs of vertical lines.<BR/><BR/>Also: <I>Brummel</I><BR/><BR/>DAMN YOU! I WILL DESTROY YOU!<BR/><BR/>I had to get that out there.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-83901739255745643592007-02-17T15:13:00.000-06:002007-02-17T15:13:00.000-06:00Well Brummel, I've given up on this sort of thing....Well Brummel, I've given up on this sort of thing. After having been called Carlos Archery more times than I can count, I've decided that the ridiculous degree of non-standardization within the English language is going to make this a constant source of woe. <BR/><BR/>The only thing that still gets me is when people mis-transcribe my name (i.e. they take my PRINTED name and copy it down wrong onto another piece of paper...).<BR/><BR/>I've actually got a ridiculous story about this (That everyone keeps laughing about in my lab). Remind me to tell you about it... maybe I'll comment it in if I'm bored later.Carlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153076425887492166noreply@blogger.com