Today, we stopped by the human resources department of the school to drop off confirmation that I attended the training last week. On the certificate, they spelled my name “Vorhees.” I asked the man if it was a problem that it was spelled wrong. He said not to worry; no one will notice because no one knows how to spell our name correctly anyway. He understands since his last name is Oberroithmaier and he’s been to the States. Even in German, it’s an unusual spelling. He told me he had some distant relatives in Milwaukee and when their ancestors settled there, they shortened it to Maier. Maybe they changed the spelling too. I don’t know.
In any case, we seem to have a bit of a problem with people missing that second “O”.
You could always just change the way it sounds in introductions: “Vu er he’s” Although then maybe people would spell it that way too. Either way, I thought spelling was an important thing when it comes to records. Meh.
The funniest bit is that they seem to be wired to spell it wrong. We’ve both had it happen where someone was copying it from a correctly spelled, printed sheet and managed to still omit that second “o”. It’s weird.
Isn’t that interesting. We know that happens often in the US, but am surprised it happens in Austria too. Maybe it would happen all over the world?
what happens when you try to cash a paycheck?