Oi - get my name right!

[R W S]

There are a number of people who mispell the names of players <looks guiltily at the floor>

So in order to educate and enlighten I list some of the common mistakes I make or have spotted others doing:

Michael Vaughan - Not Vaugn, Vaughn or Vorn!
Stephen Harmison - Not Harminson, Harmson or Harmisoon
Shoaib Akhtar - Not Soaib Acktar, Soib Akter or Shoaib Actor

Please add your corrections. . . .

[Zainub]

Good post R W S

Originally Posted by R W S

Stephen Harmison - Not Harminson, Harmson or Harmisoon

I've seen a couple of people, not here obviously, but elsewhere write Harrison as in Harrison Ford and Ernest Harrison - now that's a completely different name

And I my self make this mistake many times

Its Younis Khan - Not Younus Khan

Others include:

Its Inzamam-ul-Haq - Not Inzamam-ul-Haque
Its Mahela Jayawardene - Not Jayawerdena, Jayawerdna or Jayawerden

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

I often spell it "Harmisson"

Dont know why.

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by R W S

Michael Vaughan - Not Vaugn, Vaughn or Vorn!
Stephen Harmison - Not Harminson, Harmson or Harmisoon
Shoaib Akhtar - Not Soaib Acktar, Soib Akter or Shoaib Actor

Please add your corrections. . . .

On behalf of one of our esteemed and oft-quoted colleagues may I add:

Rachael - Not Rachel or Racheal. Though I guess RDT is allowable and I am a frequent user of "Rach".
Just looking through a few old posts I happened to notice a Sarwen - I believe that should be Ramnaresh Sarwan.
And I can't be bothered to list all the Grahams who should be Graeme and vice versa.
There are a few.

As is Graeme Hick and Graham Gooch or today's twosome of Graham Thorpe and Graeme Smith.

This is surreal... if I look at those names for long enough, they don't seem right at all. Are those guys really called "Graham"?

[Zainub]

I've been guilty of spelling Rachael as Racheal quite often, but I guess that bottles down so my not to brilliant typing abilities . I apoligise all the same.

I've also been guilty of spelling Michael as Micheal.

Speaking of Thorpe I've seen so many people who not only write THORPE as THROPE but also pronounce it that way, those some people that call Thorpe Thrope also spell Christopher CAIRNS as Christopher CRAINS and say it that way too. Yesterday I saw one person at another MB write Mathew SINCLAIR as SINCLARE and another person in reply to that jockingly addressing him as SINCLEAR

And rather confusingly Hayden writes Matthew with a double t but Sinclair writes that with a single t

[Andy Mellon]

Need I say more? (I always spell it Dmitri)

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

I always want to spell it macarena !

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by Zainub Razvi

Good post R W S

Its Inzamam-ul-Haq - Not Inzamam-ul-Haque

Very good Zainub.

This is one of the ones that irritates the hell out of me.

You often see "InzamaN." Yes, he is a man, and his name is "InzamaM (-ul-Haq.)" Grrrrrr

I agree with R W S though. The worst is the constant mis-typing of England's new and potent attacking threat.

Does anybody ever spell Ian Botham wrong? Or Andrew (Freddie) Flintoff? Very rarely.
So what the hell is the difficulty with Stephen (Steve) Harmison?

And if anybody gives me any of that flannel about it being an unusual name... unlike Flintoff or Botham for instance...

Grrrrr.... yes GRRRRRR.

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by Richie Benauds Love Child

I always want to spell it macarena !

Of course... sorry RBLC very slow today. Great reference to the weekend's most important news story.

Excellent.

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

I was beginning to think my hard work on msoft paint was all for nothing !