Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Orthography

Am I insane for thinking that it's incredibly ignorant and lazy to habitually spell someone's name wrong? For example, if I wrote to someone that I knew was named "John", and they wrote back signing their letter as "Jon", I would amend my spelling the next time I contacted them. It's just common courtesy.

So why, after a year and a half in a job, is there one person who persistently and obnoxiously spells my name 'Jennie' in every e-mail he sends, despite the correct spelling of my name being in my signature and, lo, even in the address itself!

This is not a good way to begin Wednesday morning.

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