---Oliver May <omay@gmn.ulaval.ca> wrote: > > > >>PS. If you have noticed the countless ways I have spelled my name, it > >>is spelled Crystal. The other spellings are part of a long, strange > >>and dumb story > >>:_ > > I hear the crowd cry out, tells the story, oh great one. > Well, I am interested in your story, moderately... > Well, it's actually not really, long, or that weird but it is stupid. I myself am an editor (associate) at a newspaper, and though my name is in the masthead, not one person who sends me mail ever manages to spell it right. I mean, come on!! Anyway one place sends me mail addressed to Krystle Royal, and my friends thought it sounded like a highclass call girl, or a stripper (hope I am not offending anyone). So people who write to me at this email address always sign it adress it that way, and I just put my name that way. When I joined the mailing list I felt stupid signing my name one way and having it another so I just signed it Krystle. Like I said, stupid story Crystal PS For an editor, you would think I know how to keep my writing brief == Sanity is the playground of the unimaginative _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T By default, pressing 'reply' will send mail back to the list, not to the author of the message you're replying to. To unsubscribe, mail "unsubscribe" to "pressgang-request@lists.yoyo.org" |