FB suckage. Would you block these people?

[Falor]

That irritates me when parents name their kids with purposely misspelled names. I'm just waiting to see Bob with his name spelled "Baab".

Actually...

Baughb. I kid you not.

[Shalom]

That irritates me when parents name their kids with purposely misspelled names. I'm just waiting to see Bob with his name spelled "Baab".

Kathy Grrsn's webcomic Carry On had a bit-player sheep named Baab, if I remember correctly.

Years ago, when I worked for an Israeli guy (who'd learned English in high school before coming here), he came back to the shop pissed off. Apparently he'd gotten told by someone that he'd spelled her name incorrectly; he'd put down Sarah, and she spelled it some stupid way like Sarragh or whatever. He was ranting, "This crazy English language! You can spell your name any damn way you want! You can't do that in Hebrew; if someone tells you his name is משה גידעוני, (Moshe Gideoni) you know right away how to spell it! You can't spell Moshe with a ג!" (G)

[Pagan]

Carole instead of Carol

That's not a new spelling. Carole Lombard, Carole King, my mom.

[Eisa]

My name is Sarah. And do you know how I spell it?

...'Sarah.'

Seriously, where on earth would you get an extra R and a G?!

It's bad enough with all those people running around without the 'h' on the end...

[greek_jester]

It's bad enough with all those people running around without the 'h' on the end...

I thought Sara was pronounced Sah-rah - both hard A's?

Years ago, when I worked for an Israeli guy (who'd learned English in high school before coming here), he came back to the shop pissed off. Apparently he'd gotten told by someone that he'd spelled her name incorrectly; he'd put down Sarah, and she spelled it some stupid way like Sarragh or whatever. He was ranting, "This crazy English language! You can spell your name any damn way you want! You can't do that in Hebrew; if someone tells you his name is משה גידעוני, (Moshe Gideoni) you know right away how to spell it! You can't spell Moshe with a ג!" (G)

You know, I'm friends with a teacher who recent went into a very similar rant (only without the 'in Hebrew'). Is it just me, or are parents getting very daft these days?

[Whiskey]

I thought Sara was pronounced Sah-rah - both hard A's?

ive always pronounced it "Ss-air-uh"

[dalesys]

You know, I'm friends with a teacher who recent went into a very similar rant (only without the 'in Hebrew'). Is it just me, or are parents getting very daft these days?

Tain't new. Had a neighbor lady when I was a teen named D'On (dee-ahn)... named circa 1935.

[Eisa]

ive always pronounced it "Ss-air-uh"

Me, too. I haven't ever heard it pronounced with two hard A's.

[Pagan]

I thought Sara was pronounced Sah-rah - both hard A's?

ive always pronounced it "Ss-air-uh"

Me, too. I haven't ever heard it pronounced with two hard A's.

I've heard it both ways. Usually, though, the person using the two hard A's (that sounds like a porn movie) is being pretentious.

[ZedOmega]

FB postings like that are why I have both a Facebook page and a bookmark set for Failbook.

(Uh, mods, can I link to Failbook in this post?)

[CaroPhoenix]

re: creative name spellings. Parents nowadays want their children to "stand out in a crowd" with their names. There have been so many crazy spellings of names, the only way a kid is going to stand out with their name is to go back to the original spelling!

As for those who complain about retail/fast food workers, and say they're not intelliegent? Forget about it. If the person they're dealing with is either not them, or not on their idiot wave length, you could have a PhD in whatever subject and you're still "stupid".

[PepperElf]

it's not just voldemart - lol i like that name... there are some people who just have a superiority complex where they think they're better than all clerks and employees.

therefore they think it's perfectly acceptable to inform the clerks & employees of this as much as possible.


whenever i see that i think of this - mainly Q'aeria's story ... because that "lowly clerk" can always be someone who is smarter than the shitty customer he or she has to put up with.

(and considering how many SCs can't read, follow simple directions, or behave like civilized humans... it's very likely that the clerk is smarter than them)

[Lachrymose]

it's not just voldemart

The more you say it, the more powerful they become!

[ShinyGreenApple]

Well, it's that these people are people I actually thought were pretty nice, and they're always helping out at churches and camps and stuff, although lately they've gotten annoying with the constant pimping out of fundraisers and the like.

Maybe people like them are the reason I can't remember the last time I even went to church, the two-facedness, blaaaah.

Mind, I will have to agree that we do have some really rude mofos in my store, but a blanket statement about ALL of us was completely uncalled for. Sorry, but I spend most of my waking life at this place and around these people, I get defensive about my work 'family' .

[Shironu-Akaineko]

Actually...

Baughb. I kid you not.

Wait wait BAUGHB?

As in Elf life Baughb??

Well damn.