Especially because of unexpected double consonants, or single consonants where one might expect a doubling, or because of consonants that want to transpose or seem to have gone missing or moved to a different position in the name or have moved to or been borrowed from another name entirely.
― Release Radar Raheem (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 10:24 (nine years ago)
Michael Hofmann
― Release Radar Raheem (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 10:25 (nine years ago)
Harry Mathews
Meredith Willson
Georgia O'Keeffe
― Release Radar Raheem (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 10:26 (nine years ago)
Pete TownshendJohn Entwistle
― Release Radar Raheem (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 10:27 (nine years ago)
Dan Aykroyd
David Raksin
― Release Radar Raheem (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 10:28 (nine years ago)
Thelonious Monk.
There's even an ILM thread about it:TheloniOus Monk, goddamnit! There's a second O in the man's name! GODDAMNIT! GET IT RIGHT! SHOW SOME FUCKING RESPECT!
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 11:57 (nine years ago)
Minnie Riperton
Just one p in there.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 11:58 (nine years ago)
I see 'Martin Scorsese' spelt 'Martin Scorcese' a lot
― Darcy Sarto (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 12:18 (nine years ago)
These are all good. Keep them coming.
― Release Radar Raheem (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 12:23 (nine years ago)
Kyle MacLachlan
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 13:15 (nine years ago)
Isiah Thomas (because the prophet Isaiah)
― Release Radar Raheem (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 13:47 (nine years ago)
(Who will be the first to enter a misspelling in place of the correct spelling?)
― Release Radar Raheem (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 13:48 (nine years ago)
dwyane wade
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 13:51 (nine years ago)
Ted Chaough
― dow, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:01 (nine years ago)
often need a couple of goes when typing Tuomas or Geir
― The Codling Of The London Suede (Legal Warning Across The Atlantic) (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:08 (nine years ago)
happy to accept this is my problem but still
― The Codling Of The London Suede (Legal Warning Across The Atlantic) (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:09 (nine years ago)
Doubt you are alone in this.
― Release Radar Raheem (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:32 (nine years ago)
Liza Minnelli
Also, for someone so famous it's remarkable that Barbra Streisand's name is so frequently misspelled AND mispronounced (it's -sand, not -zand)
― Josefa, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:05 (nine years ago)
Jakub Blaszczykowski
― mint challop (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 18:55 (nine years ago)
Reince Priebus
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 18:58 (nine years ago)
mike foltynewiczcarl yastrzemskisicnarf loopstok
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 21:21 (nine years ago)
Pharoah Sanders
― “a tub of horses” (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 21:43 (nine years ago)
David Fahrenthold
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 21:43 (nine years ago)
Giannis Antetokounmpo
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jason-kidd-blames-giannis-antetokounmpos-lack-of-stardom-on-a-hard-to-pronounce-name-213304296.html
― earlnash, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 21:56 (nine years ago)
Eadweard Muybridge
― I Walk the Ondioline (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:02 (nine years ago)
― In Walked Bodhisattva (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 26 January 2017 00:43 (nine years ago)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst
― Tuomas, Thursday, 26 January 2017 10:16 (nine years ago)
Terri Lyne Carrington
― And Run Into It And Blecch It (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 March 2017 17:21 (nine years ago)
Names where you have to suppress impulse to add an extra 'e', such asDave ClarkSamuel R. Delany
Pharoah Sanders― “a tub of horses” (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, November 29, 2016 9:43 PM
― “a tub of horses” (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, November 29, 2016 9:43 PM
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 3 July 2017 15:41 (nine years ago)
Justin Meldal-Johnsen
― When I Get To The Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 August 2017 00:54 (nine years ago)
Kalmon Dolgin
― Whiney On The Moog (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 March 2018 15:28 (eight years ago)
Hamiet Bluiett
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 February 2019 19:49 (seven years ago)
Elisabeth Welch
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 31 March 2019 16:14 (seven years ago)
Curly Putman.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 31 March 2019 17:09 (seven years ago)
Leslie Fiedler
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 1 April 2019 11:04 (seven years ago)
My internet name
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 April 2019 11:07 (seven years ago)
Shia LaBeouf, because it should be Le Boeuf or, better yet, Le Bœuf.
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 April 2019 11:08 (seven years ago)
xyzzzz__Posted: 1 April 2019 at 12:07:36My internet name^Just realised there are four zeds, not three. Shook tbh
― A funny tinge happened on the way to the forum (wins), Monday, 1 April 2019 11:14 (seven years ago)
Alanis Morissette
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Monday, 1 April 2019 11:18 (seven years ago)
Matthew mcconaghey (??)
― rip van wanko, Monday, 1 April 2019 11:23 (seven years ago)
McConaughey, apparently.Thich Nhat Hanh
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 April 2019 22:58 (seven years ago)
Cyndi Lauper
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 May 2019 21:54 (seven years ago)
my primary school teacher miss issippi
― estela, Monday, 13 May 2019 00:34 (seven years ago)
Lol
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 May 2019 00:45 (seven years ago)
― nathom, Monday, 13 May 2019 11:14 (seven years ago)
Lucian Freud
― fetter, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:55 (seven years ago)
(xp) That's more People Who Can't Spell Their Own Names.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Monday, 13 May 2019 14:05 (seven years ago)
Haha true.
― nathom, Monday, 13 May 2019 17:31 (seven years ago)
Then there's People Who Can't Pronounce Their Own Names.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Monday, 13 May 2019 17:42 (seven years ago)
Jacqueline Susann.
― Ask Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 July 2019 18:43 (seven years ago)
I kept typing Kawhi as "Kahwi" at first--the pronunciation wouldn't seem to change--but I eventually got it right.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 22:07 (seven years ago)
ppl often misspell charles schulz's last name as "schultz," which is kind of sad given that he signed his name to the world's most widely read comic strip more than 17,000 times for 50 years
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 22:12 (seven years ago)
Glenn Wallichs
― Ferlinghetti Hvorostovsky (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 October 2019 21:47 (six years ago)
Kevlin Henney
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 13:02 (six years ago)
Meshell Ndegeocello
― Yul, Tied: A Celebration of Brynner in Bondage (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 14:06 (six years ago)
^good one!
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 14:34 (six years ago)
As evidenced by ctrl+f-ing 'michelle' itt and getting zero results.
― Yul, Tied: A Celebration of Brynner in Bondage (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 14:36 (six years ago)
Buuuuuuuut then I guess that would've been the result either way I spelled it as she hadn't been mentioned yet itt.
Look, it's early still, whaddaya want from me.
― Yul, Tied: A Celebration of Brynner in Bondage (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 14:38 (six years ago)
Harry Potter
(Sorry, that's "People whose spells are hard to name")
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 22 November 2019 05:47 (six years ago)
Hall Willner
― Three Hundred Pounds of Almond Joy (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 22:33 (six years ago)
Ha!Hal Willner
― Three Hundred Pounds of Almond Joy (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 22:34 (six years ago)
Emitt Rhodes
― buzza, Monday, 20 July 2020 04:28 (six years ago)
Queequeg
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:00 (six years ago)
Elias Pettersson
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Friday, 9 October 2020 17:06 (six years ago)
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:49 (five years ago)
Steve Sesnick.
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 October 2021 11:49 (five years ago)
(People want to put an ‘lz’ in there)
As evidenced by decades of my misspelling his name, Nicholas Cage.
― Gimme some skin! Because I don't have any skin. (Old Lunch), Sunday, 17 October 2021 16:05 (five years ago)
Lejaren Hiller
― Heatmiserlou (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 December 2021 00:49 (four years ago)
Ian Paice
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:35 (four years ago)
Soo Catwoman
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 15:58 (four years ago)
NIck Zinner
― Ramones Leave the Capitol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 April 2022 00:46 (four years ago)
Company with a misplaced apostrophe in its name:Lands' End.
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 April 2022 15:10 (four years ago)
Brett Favre
Not hard to spell, but how do you get "Farve" out of that?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 29 April 2022 15:18 (four years ago)
Tramell Tillman
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 May 2022 23:14 (four years ago)
Diego Capusotto
― Bringing Up Initials B.B. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 March 2023 01:31 (three years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM298rnixfs
This guy isn't going away any time soon and I'm still struggling after one(1) letter
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 23 March 2023 03:43 (three years ago)
Udo Kier
― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 19 January 2026 16:12 (nine months ago)
Terre Thaemlitz
― henry s, Monday, 19 January 2026 16:16 (nine months ago)
Soo Catwoman― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, April 6, 2022
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, April 6, 2022
― Kim Kimberly, Monday, 19 January 2026 16:29 (nine months ago)
Anyone named Elliott or Erroll or Garrett or any other name with two or more double letters that could also potentially be a single letter, resulting in four possible combinations (Eliott, Elliot, Elliott, Eliot), three of which strike me as plausibly correct
― budo jeru, Monday, 19 January 2026 16:58 (nine months ago)
ok, i see this was addressed in the op
― budo jeru, Monday, 19 January 2026 17:00 (nine months ago)
My wife has a cousin with the same last name phonetically as David Letterman’s band leader. I can remember how to spell it because if you’re not sure if a letter’s in there, it is. Not Shafer, or Shaffer, or Schaffer, or Shaefer, or Schaefer, or Shaeffer. It’s Schaeffer.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 19 January 2026 17:58 (nine months ago)
sometimes i feel like we should return to the customs of Early Modern English, when it was normal for the same name to have slight variations
― budo jeru, Monday, 19 January 2026 21:29 (nine months ago)
SchaferSchafferSchaeferSchaefferShaferShafferShaeferShaeffer
― budo jeru, Monday, 19 January 2026 21:31 (nine months ago)
The one beer to have
― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 19 January 2026 21:37 (nine months ago)
Timothée Chalamet
― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 24 January 2026 07:13 (eight months ago)
Garry Winogrand
― ed.b, Saturday, 24 January 2026 11:58 (eight months ago)
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Saturday, 24 January 2026 12:21 (eight months ago)
David Gilmour apparently.
― Wearing red lipstick and maintaining a neutral expression (Tom D.), Saturday, 24 January 2026 12:45 (eight months ago)