Alphabet Soup

In Morgen's blog today, he mentioned being frustrated that people often spell his name incorrectly.
I know the feeling. My first name is "Jannafer". That's J-A-N-N-A-F-E-R. When I first meet someone, they almost always mispronounce it "Jennifer," and I have to immediately correct them, lest it become ingrained in their minds the wrong way forever.
During grade school my nickname was "Jannie," and often people would think it was "Jenny." My gym teacher (who I despised) always called me Jenny. Every day.
Around 7th grade I decided to try changing my name to "Janna". This has worked much better, despite the occasional person who thinks it's "Janis" or "Janet". (My mom's name is Janis, so some people get us mixed up).
So I definitely understand what it's like to have an unusual name, or an unusual spelling to an otherwise common-sounding name.
I know two people whose names sound like "Morgan", but neither of them spell it that way. One (male) spells it "Morgen", the other (female) spells it "Morgian". I also know people named Meera, Feldra, and Chelle.
I like my name, really I do, but there are times when I envy my friend Lee, whose name is so easy to spell-- and hard to spell incorrectly (unless you're really really drunk or illiterate or both).
Plus, it's easy to find a name like "Lee" on personalized keychains, pencils, stationery, etc.
Go into a store and try to find stuff with the name "Jannafer" on it.
Ain't gonna happen.