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Thursday, October 12th, 2006 06:51 pm
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?
Sunday, October 15th, 2006 04:07 pm (UTC)
Haha, "Hayward." Through all 7 years of Primary school, I never once got a certificate with ti spelt right. They all said "Haywood", except one - which said "Haywar".
Monday, October 16th, 2006 03:22 pm (UTC)
..."Haywar"? I almost hope that wasn't a typo – I'd like to meet the person who thinks that's a typical name.