Wednesday, April 20, 2005

My name is not CHERIE

I wonder if I will ever NOT be annoyed when people misspell my name. Here I am 32 years old and it still annoys me in certain circumstances when my name is misspelled. I am fairly used to strangers having no idea how to spell my name but when I get an invitation to a baby shower and my name is misspelled by relatives or in-laws, it really kind of irks me. It's unacceptable from friends, too.

Another thing I hate - my name isn't Cheryl. Or Cheril. It's Cheri L. There is a space between the first name and the middle initial, in the same way you wouldn't call Michael J. Fox by the made-up name of Michaelj. You would not believe how often that happens, also. It happened again twice in the last week.

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