Margret,

It's not an intentional thing, I'm sure. there's a e-mail that keeps getting circulated that shows that our brain can decipher misspelled words if they are done in a certain manner.

You can add to that the idea that many people will look at your name and actually see it as Margaret even though it isn't.

Final point- my name is Dennis Whelan and I use wheland as my name on various forums and lists I belong to. I chose it for it's simplicity. I have given up reminding people that my name is not Dennis Wheland.

It's hard to get something out of people's brains once it's there.

Dennis