Spell Check & Etiquette
Thanks to the human dictionary known as Cathy to correct my spelling on my About Page. How embarrasing is that? How completely…..well…it’s par for me.
But I have a more pressing question…I’ve met Cathy and Paul – great people. BUT when speaking about other people on the web, do you call them by their real name OR their ‘webname?’
For example – orangejack is really rob. But he actually signs in as Rob…so that doesn’t work.
AK is Allen. Do I call him Allen or AK? Catbird is Cathy, Paul is paul.
Is there an etiquette for this?
6 Responses to “Spell Check & Etiquette”
As long as you spell Allen correctly, I don’t care.
I think “webname.” If people really want to know the person’s real name, they can follow the link to that person’s blog/website and find out for themselves.
But that’s just me.
That said, it doesn’t bother me either way, so you’re still in the clear.
you can call me rob or orangejack. either way i’spose.
i approach it this way…
if i know the person’s name — but — they don’t publicize their name on their own site, then i call them by their webname – i figure there’s a reason they don’t make their name public.
But – if their name is stated on their profile/about page, then i may call them by their real name cuz i figure it’s not a secret.
i think i called you by your ‘real’ name on my comments yesterday, so i guess i better make sure it’s listed somewhere on your site or else i’m lying here. (if so, i apologize, but i think you made it public on your previous skin/style, so i got in the habit of thinking you’re not trying to stay covert.
oh yeah – i guess since you’re ‘grantenglish.com’ i figured i was safe ….
The appropriate paranoid response is to never give your true name. So far I have been able to live by this. Even Cathy, my wife, doesn’t know my true name. The only problem is I forgot it also, so I just go by Paul now.