> I don't quite get it, but people often call me Doug. The really weird thing is when it happens when they only know me by "Donald". I can kind of understand confusing "Doug" and "Don"... Also, it is very weird when the person who mixes it up is a professional headhunter who has my name in about six different places via Monster.com, my resume, a letter of permission, me email address, my name at the end of an email... Plus, she has already sent me one email in which she correctly called me "Donald" at the beginning.
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> I can certainly understand being called Dave when I get hired at the same time as another new employee whose name is Dave. Mixing the two new guys up when they are known as "Don" and "Dave" makes sense. (That was at my last job.)
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> Does anyone else here have any stories about having their name mangled or changed completely? If not, I may have to tell the story of the day I was known as "Dowell" because I had a cold.
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> Don "You'd think I was going around posting to Forums under the wrong name or something" Monkey

My name gets mangled all the time. You'd think people could spell Melanie Day. Melanie is the popular spelling(Melanie Rawn, Melanie Griffith, Melanie Safka) but almost everyone spells it Melonie or Melony. And Day. Simple no? But I get Dey ALL THE TIME.

Then my sister's name is Meghan. So I get called Meghan Day a lot too. Even by my parents. But usually, once people get my name, they get it right. Of course, I still have friends who I've known for years who mispell it... but what can you do.

Mel"Of course I never mispell anyone elses name or call them the wrong one... :P"anie