AS EVERYONE KNOWS, having an Irish name is both a gift and a curse.
It can lead to Starbucks mishaps, mangled pronunciations and, as this Irish woman has demonstrated, frustrating e-mail correspondences.
Over the past few months, Niamh O’Maolain has been sharing e-mails in which people make an absolute hames of spelling her name. “But Niamh is only five letters long,” you say. “How can people mess it up?”
Well…
“Hi Neave” – Nope, not even close.
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“Hi Niamph” – So close, yet so far.
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“Hi Nimah” – Deep breaths.
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“Hi Naimh” – OH, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
Just copy and paste!
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“Sorry Namh” – But not sorry enough to spell your name right.
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