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I hate it when people call me Valerie... only my mum called me that,bless her . Val

Growing up in England with a Welsh name meant that I have become used to a great variety of spellings. On GR here there are several with my first name although in real life I had never met another person with the name until I met Gwynne / Guinevere at the Coventry lunch meet earlier this year. It doesn't annoy me when people spell it wrongly, but I do notice when they spell my name incorrectly. Gwyn

I hate it when I introduce myself as Melanie and they say Oh HI Mel..... ARGH! If i wanted to be called Mel, I would introduce myself as Mel. The daft thing is nearly all my mates call me Mel, but it seems too ..... familiar, when it is someone I have just met!

Well ... I looked you up on Google and you are Mazmax - parts for Mazda cars Maz - metal detectors Maz - something in German I cant make head nor tail of OR Maz - Maz in the East End 9256 and the last one must be better as Maureen - its shorter ! otherwise I aint got a clue.

My daughter is called Sarahbeth. Get really annoyed when people call her Sarah - especially when filling in official form, eg. school or doctors. Was told at clinic when she was a baby that they did not have enough spaces for full name. Would they put Vicky instead of Victoria? - don't think so !! Libby xx (Elizabeth)

NIght Marion xxxxxxx

Teresa my aunt has the same problem, in fact she was introduced to her husband when they met for the first time as Tracey not Teresa. He never called her Teresa, and most of his mates also called her Tracey!!! despite knowing her correct name

Gud night ...Marlene Londa and tracy xxx

we was talking about this today instead of watching the school tema play football... cos it was more interesting. LOL One of the mums is either called Carolyn or Caroline. I always thought she was Carolyn, however anothermum has always called her Caroline.... thing is she's never corrected either of us??? I only get cross when peeps use my formal name cos I HATE it. OOOHHHH other thing i get stressed about is if people call Kerry.... Kelly, but then i call her Kel... so double standards? Think it is acceptable to make a mistake once maybe even tiwce, but if it has been pointed out then it is only good manners to use the correct/prefered name. I always used to spell Daphne wrong but once it was pointed out I made sure I spelt it correctly. xxxxxxx

thanks Gertie ... oops I mean Hayley .... Maz. XX nite nite everyone :-)))

Dear Maureen I am not dozy thankyou lol I do it on here as well...tee hee..

I'm always getting called Tracey! Is it my Essex accent? lol

yes Hayley, but that is cos you are dozy pmsl when it is done deliberately it is just one of the rudest things you can do to someone ... in my opinion Maz. XX

Yes it does Maz, I get called 'Hazel' all the time :))

* Gasps * I do it all the time ...I call my boss by my xMIL name as she soooooooo reminds me of her...lol

when people get your name wrong?? I worked for 6 months with a girl who insisted on calling me Maureen - that is NOT my name! I also object when people insist on spelling it wrong, even when it is in black and white in front of them. I may not like my name that much, but I do want it said and spelt correctly - it's only good manners surely?! Maz. XX