| ??? 05/13/10 15:06 Modified: 05/13/10 15:07 Read: times |
#175847 - (im)proper names Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Jan Waclawek said:
my Polish surname (which has also a Czech equivalent spelled differently and more common here) gets spelled here in at least 10 different variants I feel your pain: there are also at least 10 variant spellings of "Neil" - and then there's the people who think it's my first name... Oliver Sedlacek said:
You get used to spelling it out over the telephone. Indeed! Andy said:
"Schmitt" as in "Schmidt trigger"... Jan Waclawek said:
This is clear, Schmitt trigger as in Otto Schmitt. It may be clear, but the mis-spelling is quite common |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| Is it Pliz or Plitz? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I don't know, but... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| names and spelling | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| FYI | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I mean, how would an "uninitiated" Englishman read it | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Usually.. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Ah, I see, thanks. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| (im)proper names | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Apparently | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| At present, it's easy for me to explain | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Famous namesakes | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| re: famous namesakes | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I'm a professor :) | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| My take | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Do you mean that one? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| apparently it's neither, as Kai points out. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Re: Pilz safety relays | 01/01/70 00:00 |