That wouldn't have been the first time, lizzypopbottle. Not as bad as me messaging somebody hoping they wouldn't be poorly after their jab but it came out as 'porky'!
Crikey! That puts mine in the shade, shysal Not sure if this is serendipity or schadenfreude but when I typed your name shysal my autocorrect replaced it with abysmal Luckily I noticed it ?
When my son started full time school he came home at the end of the week and asked me why I hadn’t called him Ian. Puzzled, I asked him why he didn’t like his name. His reply was well ‘Miss’ makes me write my full name which is eleven letters (Christopher) and my friend Ian only has to write three letters. She won’t let me write Chris!
My DGD made me a plaque at Sunday school for Mothering Sunday and insisted she didn't need help in spelling my name. I won't say what it is but I treasure it!
As an Elizabeth, if my little cousins, stumbling over my name, had come up with Lilibet, I would've been over the moon. The least objectionable was Bepbep. Alushabush was swiftly shortened to Bush, and Aluffafuff to Fuff. Anyone else with a similarly unpronouncable name?