Comments on: College Professor Pleads, ‘Give Back My Stolen “E”’ http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/02/college-professor-pleads-give-back-my-stolen-e/ Frederik Pohl Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jon http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/02/college-professor-pleads-give-back-my-stolen-e/#comment-21095 Jon Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:33:49 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1904#comment-21095 I have a bunch of extra h's if you'd like one of those! =) -jon I have a bunch of extra h’s if you’d like one of those!
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-jon

]]> By: Chris LaHatte http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/02/college-professor-pleads-give-back-my-stolen-e/#comment-19000 Chris LaHatte Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:25:27 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1904#comment-19000 In my experience people in the US are more careful with names. Mine is simple, but people insist on either putting in a gap, or making the H lower case. So I sympathise with Elizabeth Anne. In my experience people in the US are more careful with names. Mine is simple, but people insist on either putting in a gap, or making the H lower case. So I sympathise with Elizabeth Anne.

]]> By: Richard Fletcher http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/02/college-professor-pleads-give-back-my-stolen-e/#comment-18009 Richard Fletcher Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:09:38 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1904#comment-18009 My other half Amanda Park, always gets Amanda Parks. My other half Amanda Park, always gets Amanda Parks.

]]> By: Robert Silverberg http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/02/college-professor-pleads-give-back-my-stolen-e/#comment-17932 Robert Silverberg Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:20:39 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1904#comment-17932 In the Montreal worldcon program book you were mentioned at least twice as "Bettie Anne Hull" in the section on authors' offices. I think you have a serious migrating-vowel problem. (They can be stapled back into place with simple laparoscopic surgery, though. In the Montreal worldcon program book you were mentioned at least twice as “Bettie Anne Hull” in the section on authors’ offices. I think you have a serious migrating-vowel problem. (They can be stapled back into place with simple laparoscopic surgery, though.

]]> By: Ironmistress http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/02/college-professor-pleads-give-back-my-stolen-e/#comment-17578 Ironmistress Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:38:57 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1904#comment-17578 My first language is Finnish, which is a completely phonetic language (each word is pronounced Iexactly</i> as it is written). The Finnish names reflect this usage as well. But they indeed do produce difficulties with skeakers of languages whose written language differs radically from spoken. I have a name which is fairly common in Finland and which is one of the usual Judeo-Christian first names, and should not produce difficulties. Yet I have seen it written in at least six different ways. My first language is Finnish, which is a completely phonetic language (each word is pronounced Iexactly as it is written). The Finnish names reflect this usage as well. But they indeed do produce difficulties with skeakers of languages whose written language differs radically from spoken. I have a name which is fairly common in Finland and which is one of the usual Judeo-Christian first names, and should not produce difficulties. Yet I have seen it written in at least six different ways.

]]> By: EdS http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/02/college-professor-pleads-give-back-my-stolen-e/#comment-17169 EdS Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:33:27 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1904#comment-17169 When I moved into my current house many years ago and was setting up the utilities in my name I was very careful when dealing with the phone company to spell my name out to the operator and have her repeat it back to me. I have one of those awkward European names which is frequently misspelled. I was very pleased with myself for making sure that this would be correct. All for naught. When the new phone book came out it was horribly misspelled. Not that the electric company, water utility or cable company did any better on their printed bills. Everybody always gets the address right though. When I moved into my current house many years ago and was setting up the utilities in my name I was very careful when dealing with the phone company to spell my name out to the operator and have her repeat it back to me. I have one of those awkward European names which is frequently misspelled. I was very pleased with myself for making sure that this would be correct. All for naught. When the new phone book came out it was horribly misspelled. Not that the electric company, water utility or cable company did any better on their printed bills. Everybody always gets the address right though.

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