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CaringandReal -> RE: Bastinado (7/13/2009 2:43:52 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Toppingfrmbottom
Actually, No, they are not, and to say they are is just a cop out, against taking the time to pay attention and spell your name right, in my opinion
It is very very rare the name you want is so completely taken you have to mis spell it to get the name you want, and if it is, perhaps your name needs to be more original, so as not to be so alike as every one elses that it's not possible to spell it properly because someone else has the name already.quote:
ORIGINAL: CaringandReal
Cheap shot. In a place this size, all the correctly spelled user names are taken. Surely you know that? (raised eyebrows)
People can choose to put numbers or letters after or before a desired but popular user name, like "toture," or they can decide to slightly misspell it if they like the misspelling better. I see these misspellings in hundreds of profiles. Nobody is requied to do it the way you describe above, and many do not, and the misspelling means nothing except that they wanted a particular name badly enough to settle for one in which the letters are slightly rearranged. Have you really not seen these misspelled names on collarme? It's quite clear that many are freely chosen by very literate people who clearly know how to spell the original word. I sometimes do it myself on a board if the name I really want to use is taken and I don't wnat to dilute it with numbers or other garbage. It's an option that some people choose, and a very common one at that. I wonder why you feel the need to deny this?
There is nothing particularly "cop-outish" about choosing the user name that YOU want rather than one that someone "Thinks" you should have in order to "prove" to them you can spell. Know what I mean?
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