Mangled spellings
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Hi all. I had a pleasant conversation last week with a customer service representative. Yes! Situation was handled professionally and with humor. The routine name, address, phone # and email info was collected. A couple of hours later I received the receipt email. Long story short, I was never asked to spell my last name. Now I¡¯m no English major or teacher so when I reviewed the receipt I was delighted to see what I would determine to be a?phonetically?
correct spelling of my name. RUGIRI. I¡¯m curious if any of you have seen mangled spellings that stuck with you?? We could get into the wacky ways we¡¯ve heard others read it and try to pronounce our name. Textually that could be problematic, but fun to spell out. Apologies to all whose last name has never been Ruggieri even if you self identify as such... Let¡¯s see your stories. Steve Ruggieri 414-630-2558 |
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThat is one I¡¯ve never seen. I¡¯m familiar with Ruggierio, Ruggero, and occasionally not spelled, but pronounced, Rooggarerri. It¡¯s a true wonder that Ellis Island got the spelling right.Satterthwaite wasn¡¯t so easy either.
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