Patricia Bacon and Annette Langer in Fox and Quill

Always Check Your Spelling, Especially Proper Names! by Annette Langer

My first name is not an especially difficult one to spell, or so I thought. It’s just one “A,” two “N”s, and two “E”s separated by two “T”s. Easy-peasy, right? But believe me, it’s been misspelled as Anita, Antoinette, Antonia, Annetta, and even Arlene. I found out when traveling to Egypt that the hieroglyphic equivalent of my name translates… [click to continue...]