names
Lorelei
Hello, I'm new to this post. I found the topic of names to be of a
great deal of interest to me. I'm norwegian and my last name has been
butchered since the first day I learned to spell it. I don't understand
why people find it hard to spell Nilsen. I pronounce it the way way I spell
it, but I get Neilson, Nelsen, Nilson, etc.. Any suggestions?
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deborah nilsen ------- They call me clueless, WHY?------
nil...@moravian.edu -the wench from HELL-
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.........and the sun slips down bedding heavy behind, the front of
your dress all shadowy lined, and the droning engine throbs in time with
your beating heart....... The Chauffeur - Duran Duran
Jakob Nielsen
> Hello, I'm new to this post. I found the topic of names to be of a
> great deal of interest to me. I'm norwegian and my last name has been
> butchered since the first day I learned to spell it. I don't understand
> why people find it hard to spell Nilsen. I pronounce it the way way I spell
> it, but I get Neilson, Nelsen, Nilson, etc.. Any suggestions?
>
> deborah nilsen ------- They call me clueless, WHY?------
> nil...@moravian.edu -the wench from HELL-
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The same happens to me all the time. I am a Nielsen, though.
Looking through various U.S. telephone directories, I have always found many
more people named Nielsen than the other variants, but people still seem to
prefer the lower-frequency spellings (using some generalization principle from
the way many other names are spelled).
Latest misspelling was from the local cable TV company though one would have
imagined that people in the TV industry were attuned to the name Nielsen (the
name of the company that collects the ratings statistics).
Lyle Davis
>The same happens to me all the time. I am a Nielsen, though.
I am descended from my paternal grandmother's line of Nielsens (from
near Vejle, Denmark). This family intentionlly anglicized their name to
Nelson, however. Perhaps because so many people misprounounced their name to
Nelson anyway? Who knows. Sometimes it's a matter of conveneience.
Personally, had I had a say in it, I would have retained the Nielsen name.
(But then I wasn't even born when the family decision was made).
Roger Haaheim
Randolph Bentson
(Lyle Davis) writes:
>Personally, had I had a say in it, I would have retained the Nielsen name.
>(But then I wasn't even born when the family decision was made).
This promots me to ask if you (members of the usenet community)
know of anyone that has reclaimed their original family name,
i.e. changed their name back to its original spelling.
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Randolph Bentson Colorado State University
ben...@grieg.CS.ColoState.Edu Computer Science Department
303/491-5792 Ft. Collins, CO 80523