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What really grinds your gears?

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GordonG May 2021 4:04pm, 28 May 2021 8,581 posts	Quote Pin GordonG I had a work colleague whose name badge for a conference was accidentally changed from Louise to Lousie. She also thought it hilarious.
JK chameleon May 2021 4:13pm, 28 May 2021 14,369 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon Glad it's not just me that continuously hits that typo. Lousie and Jospeh are two names that my fingers just don't seem able to type without the typo...
Lip Gloss May 2021 4:21pm, 28 May 2021 51,748 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss Grinds my gears that people assume my name has 2 N’s in it (Diane) with one N surley is more common....and can’t stand if they mis hear me and call me Leanne....fucking call me anything else but NOT Leanne (ex’s bit on the side)
Dvorak May 2021 4:25pm, 28 May 2021 22,524 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Quite a few people have called me by my last name for my first name, even people who I know know which way round the names go. (In Spain, if required, I just give my first name as my last name, having seen the confusion produced by five letters otherwise.)
Lip Gloss May 2021 5:22pm, 28 May 2021 51,750 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss surely
Eynsham Red May 2021 5:53pm, 28 May 2021 7,633 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Don’t call me Shirley
Surrey Phil May 2021 6:22pm, 28 May 2021 6,444 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil I have issues with Jospeh too. Probably about 9/10 times, I spell the typo. My manager (Maike) has loads of mispronounciations and never bothers about correcting them, unless people think that she's a man. It's Miker and we also have another lady in our team with the same name. She has had (pronounced) Meeka, Mike, Meesha, Mikee over the years.
Lizzie Whizz May 2021 7:23pm, 28 May 2021 25,061 posts	Quote Pin Lizzie Whizz A friend's daughter is Miya (Mee-yah) and I have spoken to her weekly for 3 years. I still panic and have to work out if it's Mee-yah or My-yah. Very embarrassing.
Lip Gloss May 2021 7:33pm, 28 May 2021 51,756 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss It’s the same with Marie ...my niece (Mar ee ) a friend (Mir ee ) both spelt the same
Fragile Do Not Bend May 2021 8:48pm, 28 May 2021 8,464 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend I had to email someone at work called Kristy, unfortunately I spelled it Kirsty. I felt really bad when I realised but I bet I wasn’t the first to get it wrong.