Meadbh
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- Jul 22, 2006
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Why can people not take the trouble to spell my name and email address correctly? When their hastily composed messages disappear into the ether, they get all defensive and blame me for failing to respond to messages that they never sent me. I may have chosen my email address, but I did not choose my name. Neither require the intellectual skills of a rocket scientist to transcribe without errors.
Spellcheck has a lot to answer for. I recently received a group message from someone who organizes a social activity that I participate in, to clarify her email address. In fact, she only added to the confusion, because she didn't double check on Spellcheck, which inserted what it thought was a logical word. My current practice is to add senders of important emails to contact lists. That way I ensure that I have the correct spelling.
It doesn't help that my real name is unusual and that some people think it is funny to make it into a joke.
And by the way, my forum name is Meadbh, not mead.
Spellcheck has a lot to answer for. I recently received a group message from someone who organizes a social activity that I participate in, to clarify her email address. In fact, she only added to the confusion, because she didn't double check on Spellcheck, which inserted what it thought was a logical word. My current practice is to add senders of important emails to contact lists. That way I ensure that I have the correct spelling.
It doesn't help that my real name is unusual and that some people think it is funny to make it into a joke.
And by the way, my forum name is Meadbh, not mead.
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