20th October, 2002
Why is it so difficult to remember my name? It�s not like it�s anything elaborate� Sure, most of you are reading this saying, �Heck, I know how to spell her name.� But the fact is, only about 4 or 5 of you (not counting family, best buds, or my boyfriend) actually do spell it right. The rest of you spell it unbelievably wrong. So what�s this huge problem I have with people misspelling me name? Well� Let me tell you a story.
Before I was born my mother and father had decided if they had a daughter, they would name her my name. But my mother misspelled my name when she was to tell the nurse my name. So I�ve lived 20 years of my life with a misspelled name.
Why don�t you change it? I hear you ask� Because I like being a little bit different and unique, because let�s face it� I am different and unique. So, I�ve lived 20 years knowing that my name was different from others. And many probably still shared the same spelling as me, but the most common name was spelled differently.
So why does it bother me so much when someone misspells my name? Because it is a part of me. Especially when I tell a person, �No, it�s spelled this way.� And I spell it for them� And they still manage to throw in extra letters or switch letters� Here you go. These are the many misspellings of my name.
Melissa (Common way)
Malissa
Mellisa
Melllissa
Milllissa
Milisa
Melisa
Malisa
Mulissa
Molissa
Meolissa
Melessa
Melisssa
Mellissa
Should I go on or stop now?
How hard is it to remember� That this is the spelling of my name?
