How to Spell And Say My Name

Posted on Thursday, August 19th, 2004 3:00 PM

I'm always amazed at the ways people butcher my name online. I mean, yes, everyone pronounces it incorrectly which is fine, I probably don't say your name right either. But spelling? I mean, *it's in the URL*. If you can link to my weblog, you can spell my name correctly.

Let's examine it very slowly:

R   U   S   S   E   L   L

Notice that there are 2 S's and 2 L's. Okay, if you don't like having to type *so* many l's, then just Russ is fine. But definitely with two s's and never with an "o".

Now my last name:

B   E   A   T   T   I   E

There are two T's and most importantly there is no "Y". Warren and Ned are not my relatives. The way you pronounce it is like "bee-AT-tee". Yes, I know everyone says bee-tee, but that's not right, even you people living in the British Isles.

I'm going to use this post in the future as a link I can leave in comments on sites who mispell my name. Thank you if you've spelled my name correctly, I will do my utmost to return the favor.

-Russ