Misheard

[packbat]

Just a quickie: day-before-yesterday, I called the school's Residential Facilities to have them repair the fluorescent in my dorm room. When they asked for my name, I told them, "Robin Zimmermann, with two Ns."

Today, I found on my desk a form indicating repairs had been completed. In the "Caller" field? "Martin Zimmerman".

Has anyone else had their name that badly misheard?

Comments

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

I've had "Fade" rendered frequently as "Faith", occasionally as "Faye", and on one odd occasion as "Fey". Which could be an entertaining name, but is not mine.