I know what you mean Bill....
My name's been mis-spelled, mis-pronounced, and goofed up many times. With some many towns and cities spelled the same, ya think some people would figure it out. Glasgow.... Pronounced "glass go", I've heard it pronounced "glass gow", "glass so", "glass cow", and the ever popular, "glass co".... I feel incorporated when that happens.
The worst spelling I had ever seen, was when I was growing up in Cali. I took some film to a fotomat to be developed. I gave the girl my name and she wrote it down on the envelope with her back to me. A couple of days later I went back to get the film. The girl who was working that day asked me to spell my name, and I did. She said she couldn't find one with that spelling, but she did find one with the first name of Marshall. When I looked at the name, the original girl had spelled my name, G-e-l-a-s-k-o....
I went from being Scottish to Polish in one shot.
Hey Marc? That's not a 1/43 scale car.... It's a 1/8th.... I've seen pictures of Bill standing next to other people.... Everyone's always looking up!!!!