Funniest incorrect spelling of name?

vikesfanmb
vikesfanmb Posts: 291 Member
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So . . I called Target stores guest relations department due to a defective product I purchased in store but could not return due to the distance I live from the store. The phone rang and (lo and behold!) their guest relations department is located in India. Not a big surprise - the gentleman who answered was very nice but clearly did not speak or understand English that well.

He says he will send me a $5 gift card for my trouble which was about the same cost of the product. I tell him that's fine and he asks me to spell my first and last name as well as my address.

Fast forward about 2 weeks, I open my mailbox and to my surprise . . it is addressed to "Marieduf Profit". (The address was correct by the way.) LOL My real first name is Maribeth and my last name isn't even close to "Profit".

I think I laughed for about 20 minutes. :laugh:

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  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Oh hey, I want a $5 giftcard that says Sinusturleigh!

    Lol @ outsourced call centers.
    Funny story :flowerforyou:
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    My maiden name was a fairly common last name and I would still get a lot of mail with it spelled way wrong, and usually with a "K" - I don't want to share the name here, but let's say your name was Campbell and you got mail as Kambale or Kambill. Stuff like that ALL the time!

    With the super common first name of Angela, I don't get many misspellings. My grandmother (90 yrs old now) has always added an "I" (Angelia)...even on a quilt she made for me as a baby, it's embroidered that way!
  • KatieLouWho19
    KatieLouWho19 Posts: 776 Member
    uhm... First name is Katie - I used to get mail to the name Kitty............. :grumble:
  • Booksandbeaches
    Booksandbeaches Posts: 1,791 Member
    That's funny! And that's after you spelled your entire name for him. I've had some strange experiences with international call centers.
  • madhatter2013
    madhatter2013 Posts: 1,547 Member
    My maiden name rhymed with cheesecutter so that's how most people addressed me until I got married.
  • mjterp
    mjterp Posts: 650 Member
    I knew someone named David Hunt and at the time he lived in a predominantly german/welsh community where they kept spelling his name Hundt. SO he started saying "David Hunt no D" to which people always replied "How do you spell David without a D???" and he would explain David is spelled normally, Hunt is spelled without a D" and they would STILL spell it Hundt!
  • Jenny8511
    Jenny8511 Posts: 141 Member
    I tried to name my children common names, and I think I did a good job. My daughter's name is Emily and she gets mail all the time with the spelling of "amalee"

    Very irritating
  • angf0679
    angf0679 Posts: 1,120 Member
    With my last name, the common way to incorrectly spell it, is to leave out an l (there are 2 l's in my last name)

    One time when I was teaching, after sending notes home all year with the correct spelling of my last name, I get a card at the end of the year, with a ph instead of an f, one l instead of two, and she doubled the o.

    I still laugh at it!
  • branflakes1980
    branflakes1980 Posts: 2,516 Member
    This thread reminded me of this...
    11904_Walmart_cake_13_06_2012.jpg
  • Cudleigh
    Cudleigh Posts: 188 Member
    My middle name is misspelled on my birth certificate, so that's a fun one.
  • Packerfan23
    Packerfan23 Posts: 225 Member
    That is so funny MB! That is nothing like your name at all...I laughed so hard! Let's just say that with my last name, I have had quite a few crazy pronunciations...but usually it is spelled correctly!
  • pseudomuffin
    pseudomuffin Posts: 1,058 Member
    My maiden name and my fiance's surname are both only four letters but people have the damndest time spelling them correctly. Four letters!!
  • smooothieluver
    smooothieluver Posts: 40
    This thread reminded me of this...
    11904_Walmart_cake_13_06_2012.jpg

    OMG :laugh: somebody had an off day

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