figures
United States
Birth certificate
Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
nobodyreadsmyemails
Canada
Today, I noticed that I've been spelling my company's name wrong in my email signature for over a year. FML
Anonymous
My name is actually Blurt
Today, I saw my original birth certificate and realised I’ve spent almost all my life misspelling my first name. Now I’m worried it might invalidate pretty much every legal document I’ve ever signed. FML
Edward
Unforgettable
Today, I realized that since I was in elementary school, my friends, my workmates, and even my family, all call me accidentally by someone else's name instead of my actual name. I'm 30 years-old. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML
TatooFAIL
United States
Today, I found out that the phrase I got tattooed on my lower back is misspelled. FML
Anonymous
Let him cook
Today, I realized that I've been using the wrong name for a coworker for the past 6 months. I just found out their real name when I saw their name tag. FML
somefamily
This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff
Wayne, United States
Steve? Pete?
Today, I found out that I've been calling my boyfriend's dad by the wrong name for the past two years. No one had told me sooner because they liked laughing at me for it when I wasn't around. FML
Amk
Fayetteville, United States
Today, I was so nervous about a medical exam I was about to take, that I misspelled my own first name. It only has three letters. FML
Lauren
United States
What's my name again?
Today, I found out that I’ve been greeting a coworker by the wrong name for six weeks. The worst part? They never corrected me because they thought it was funny, especially because it turns out to be their mom's name. FML
Anonymous
United States
Kwinoah?
Today, I found out that I've been pronouncing "quinoa" wrong for years. FML
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redbluegreen 41
It's alright. My parents never told me how to spell mine. I just made it up and decided how I wanted it pronounced too. It's not a common name though. I've never heard of something similar to it.
mushoo_fml 0
I think it's dblueg.
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hollisterrchic94 0
i realized last year i have been spelling my middle name wrong. i am almost 16 and my mom said " why are you allways spelling your name so weird" i said" i thought thats how it was spelled" she laughed at me.
mllestecchino 0
Same here. My middle name is Carolyn, but my parents always pronounced it "Caro-LINE" when I was growing up. It was the day I went to get a driver's license that I found out that I'd been spelling it wrong my entire life.
Arghonaut 0
as someone with a name that even my own parents screw up on a daily basis, I sympathize with you.
Sipos 0
Luckily you (or your parents) get to choose how to spell your name. If you spell it different to the way everyone else does then who cares. The only people who will know are people who have seen official documents with the correct spelling on. You could always change your name to change those if you felt like it.
hmmm234567 0
i did it too. my middle name is lucille but i always thought it was lucielle, especially cuz my first name has enne and so does my mom's and my sister's middle name too so i thought it went with the theme
naderoni 0
I'm a 24 year old woman who still has doubts if she's spelling her mother's name correctly. I once asked her, and she just looked at me and said "you don't know how to spell my name by now?!" Well, no... I checked multiple pieces of mail, and they had all spelled her name either with or without an extra E... 'Beverly' or 'Beverley'... I do the latter, and at a quarter of a century into the game... I could care less...
appelsin8 0
Actually I found out my middle name is a boys name some years ago. Renè(boy)/Renee(girl) a unisex name apparantly, but it has two ways of spelling it. I am a girl and I have the boyversion middlename. And my parents didnt know untill now, they took it from my father...
Rainyy 0
My name is Morgan.
gleek126 0
i hate it when i do that +_+ lmfao.
sophie_superstar 0
my friend has been mis-spelling her middle name too. her middle name is danielle, and she's been spelling it as dannielle. she says she would change it on her facebook profile, but she's afraid of people noticingand taking the piss XD
yezzir_10 7
Didnt your parents ever notice?? Thats not good.