Comments on: An Allan by another spelling… http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/11/07/an-allan-by-another-spelling/ Why have 10 blogs on specific topics when you can have just 1 with all kinds of random topics? Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kaiyen http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/11/07/an-allan-by-another-spelling/comment-page-1/#comment-259 kaiyen Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:25:31 +0000 http://kaiyen.com/blog/?p=197#comment-259 I actually got an e-mail today from one of my own direct reports that spelled my name 2 different ways. In that one email. At least one of them was right. Even that doesn't bother me (don't ever call me Al, though), but it is intriguing how people struggle, apparently, to remember how to spell my name correctly. I haven't noticed whether it's a detail-oriented issue or not. I suppose if it were a name that commonly has different spellings...Katherine vs. Catherine, for instance, people would take note of that more often. I actually got an e-mail today from one of my own direct reports that spelled my name 2 different ways. In that one email. At least one of them was right. Even that doesn’t bother me (don’t ever call me Al, though), but it is intriguing how people struggle, apparently, to remember how to spell my name correctly.

I haven’t noticed whether it’s a detail-oriented issue or not. I suppose if it were a name that commonly has different spellings…Katherine vs. Catherine, for instance, people would take note of that more often.

]]> By: Dylan Salisbury http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/11/07/an-allan-by-another-spelling/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Dylan Salisbury Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:32:26 +0000 http://kaiyen.com/blog/?p=197#comment-258 Hey Allan, Interesting issue! It seems like Allen Chan might be your an resource on this issue :) Also, this might be an interesting way to notice whether people you meet are detail-oriented (if someone has been referring to you Alan for a year, is that the right person to do the final editing on your capstone paper?) Wondering if I ever got it wrong and didn't notice, Dylan Hey Allan,

Interesting issue! It seems like Allen Chan might be your an resource on this issue :) Also, this might be an interesting way to notice whether people you meet are detail-oriented (if someone has been referring to you Alan for a year, is that the right person to do the final editing on your capstone paper?)

Wondering if I ever got it wrong and didn’t notice,

Dylan

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