You know the answer to that one! Always. Ask. Always. You never, ever, ever, ever know.
Me: “Would you mind spelling your name for me?” Man on the street I interviewed: “It’s Anthony.... Are you saying you’re a reporter and you don’t know how to spell Anthony?”
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While many know me by the shortened version of my middle name, I've had "Rahadyan" misremembered and misspelled as "Roger."
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One of my first corrections as a cub reporter was Marsha. Correct spelling: Marceea
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Marceaa Marceaa Marceaa
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Then the next time you don't ask, and it's actually Annthynie. Been there. Can't win.
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True, I once had three students in ONE class with the spelling of Jeramie instead of Jeremy. I was like, what the hell was going on in 1989?
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“With an H or without an H? I gotta ask. We don’t want to get anything wrong.”
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thinking i might tattoo "spelled the common way?" on my forehead
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When I’m in a bad mood I say my last name is pronounced “phonetically”
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"That's C as in seaside, E as in candy, D as in Wednesday..."
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