but his name is spelled B-E-N-N-E-T.
Just one 't'. Think of Pride and Prejudice - the heroine is Elizabeth Bennet. One 't'.
I just wanted to clear that up since we're the ones who chose the spelling. We had no idea that we were setting our son up for a lifetime of people adding a superfluous 't' at the end. ;)
I think you run into this anytime a name isn't something totally old school like "John". I'll bet people slaughter your last name as well.
ReplyDeleteI have to be in the habit of spelling my last name now anytime someone is looking it up. They will invariably start with Dau instead of Dou. Eh, life right? :)
People are going to spell names wrong no matter what... I still get such spelling as Tonia or Tanja!
ReplyDeleteForgive me if I ever misspell it! I have another friend that has a baby Bennett (with 2 t's!) It's okay, our families misspell Brennan's name all the time. It's -an, not -en.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we're the Osborn's with an e or a u most the time (Osborne/Osbourne).
ReplyDeleteYep...it will last forever. For me it's, "Is that Sarah with an 'h' or without?" So, I know now when I give my name to someone who doesn't know me to just spell it out right from the start. Bennet will learn to do so as well : )
ReplyDeletePeople are always trying to spell Emmett with one T and/or with an I, Emmit. Argh.
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