tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post7315616190211208290..comments2023-06-05T09:22:52.912+01:00Comments on Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Open: Altogether now: MY NAME IS JOANNA. NOT JOANNE.Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Openhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09246896544080806179noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-55338035719933118532017-09-24T10:59:31.356+01:002017-09-24T10:59:31.356+01:00My god I hear that. I'm Joanna and get Joanne ...My god I hear that. I'm Joanna and get Joanne at least once a day. I wish I could have fun with it but honestly I'm a hair away from changing my name. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-16657336576553669152017-06-02T12:43:47.118+01:002017-06-02T12:43:47.118+01:00I too feel your pain. I am OVER being called Joann...I too feel your pain. I am OVER being called JoannE. <br /><br />I have started signing of as JoAnnAJoeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535453541734153244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-27782131726024278532016-04-14T15:32:17.221+01:002016-04-14T15:32:17.221+01:00I just found your blog by googling "Annoying ...I just found your blog by googling "Annoying Joanna not Joanne" after yet another person replied to an email signed off Joanna, with "Thanks Joanne".<br />I'm so happy others feel my pain; this makes my blood boil and it's not as though Joanna is an unusual name. People are just so lazy that they don't even read it when it's there in my email address AND the text of the mail!LadyJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656898651708012190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-85065735073776760792012-07-25T16:27:11.639+01:002012-07-25T16:27:11.639+01:00As I always say
"Don't Jo me if you don&#...As I always say<br />"Don't Jo me if you don't know me!"<br />JoannA<br /><br />(ps - those who still can't spell your name correctly despite your name being in your email signoff = lazy)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-2019374606028962032008-09-20T16:00:00.000+01:002008-09-20T16:00:00.000+01:00Did you know that Kate is short for Katherine? A l...Did you know that Kate is short for Katherine? A lot of people don't, apparently...<BR/><BR/>As for my surname, don't even go there!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932833784150484269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-29581661105564192852008-09-18T12:53:00.000+01:002008-09-18T12:53:00.000+01:00as a fellow jo, i totally understand. you would th...as a fellow jo, i totally understand. you would think jo is easy right? but i too always get people writing "joe" and over the phone i become "joel". oh which my response is always i'm not a guy! and yes there's the "joan" as well. it's joan or arc, not joanne of arc. and to make matters worst, even if they do get it, my full first name gets constantly mutated as well all thanks to my parents who decided that they had to shake things up a lil with the spelling and add a hyphen which btw is so not good for some online forms. apparently they don't think i have a valid name.johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046420719365885236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-71543430460564481422008-09-16T12:45:00.000+01:002008-09-16T12:45:00.000+01:00Oh, I do know, I know it well. My surname is Fren...Oh, I do know, I know it well. My surname is French, and has a silent g. Tres difficile. We tend to use my mum's name (Ford) for bookings etc, much easier.Semaphorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01621326410261033190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-15773083279640469582008-09-15T14:47:00.000+01:002008-09-15T14:47:00.000+01:00I sympathise greatly. Although, conversely, my pr...I sympathise greatly. Although, conversely, my problem is not that they take an `a' away, but always ... grrr ... add one. It's not even as though my name is exotic. Or rare. And, I mean, let's face it, with all these Heavenly Hirani's and Moonface Tiger Chic Le Freak Lily's wandering around, if ever there was a time to be much more careful with people's names it is now.Mouldy-Old-Tartlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038284679875424873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-85871246490645871082008-09-15T12:50:00.000+01:002008-09-15T12:50:00.000+01:00My name isn't pronounced how it's spelt and althou...My name isn't pronounced how it's spelt and although I don't think it's half as difficult as say Siobhan, people still get it wrong.weeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602950445306813601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-49822287212167826292008-09-13T23:06:00.000+01:002008-09-13T23:06:00.000+01:00I think you should develop a different personality...I think you should develop a different personality for each name. Some people would call that a disorder, but I think it would be fun.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-80083356878001295112008-09-13T22:38:00.000+01:002008-09-13T22:38:00.000+01:00People often spell my name wrongly - I've got used...People often spell my name wrongly - I've got used to it but it is pretty dim cos it is not that uncommon a name.<BR/><BR/>It's when they ask how to spell my sons' surname (Bond) that I am staggered. I say "as in James" and they say "oh with a J?" Bond with a J? Heaven help us. People can be very stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-2981275888174898232008-09-13T19:41:00.000+01:002008-09-13T19:41:00.000+01:00On the phone, no one ever gets my name: "Sam"... "...On the phone, no one ever gets my name: "Sam"... "pardon"..."SAM".."Can you spell that please?" ...."S.A.M it's not hard!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com