Months ago there was a post in which I quoted daughter Lise as saying there were double “l”s in Philippa’s name. I dutifully changed the spelling, although it didn’t look good to me. In subsequent posts, I spelled it with a double l. This week Philippa herself liked the post on Facebook. Attention, Anne! Philippa would spell her own name correctly!!! You’ve got it all wrong!
Philippa, I do apologize for having your name wrong so many times. I’ve been thinking about it, and maybe I have the answer. I wonder if I misspelled it 40 years ago, and Lise made the statement that I used two “l”s. I should have understood two were wrong, and one was correct.
The marvelous part is that Philippa and Lise reconnected on Facebook, and that lovely girl I knew 40 years ago is alive and well in England. In this photo, Philippa is the girl on the far right.
Mehrling Muse 
Stories like this are the best! Love later-in-life connections from the past!
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So pretty group photo. I much like.
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That group of girls had fun together.
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Yes, So nice. I am so happy.
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I try to spell names properly, but sometimes there are unique aspects to the way names are spelled. I appreciate the creativity that goes into the unique spellings, but honest to Pete my addled brain cannot always get it right. I hear ‘ya on this one.
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I have made some name spelling faux pas over the years. So pleased the two girls have reconnected.
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Beautiful girls. And at least you got it right now, after 40 years or so. Haha!
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Took long enough, didn’t it?
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Glad that all has ended well, though. My own name has been misspelled so many times, I almost expect it! I’ve been Eli, Elli, Elly, Eli, Elie… The one I really don’t mind too much is Elie, because: Elie Wiesel — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel .
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I don’t think I’ve misspelled your name yet. Give me time.
People get mine wrong, too. They often write Ann for Anne. No one spells my name wrong more often than I do. I’ve written Ame, Enna, And and many others. While signing my name, my brain has gone on to something else, leaving mistakes behind.
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Do you find that your handwriting has deteriorated since computers became the norm? I can barely write!
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I can still write, but I can’t read what I wrote five minutes later. Have to print everything now with glasses on my face.
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I know two Michelle’s. One spells with a single “l” and the other with a double. I always forget which one is which.
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I know two one-l Micheles.
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I know various people, bloggers or otherwise, with your moniker – I have to stop and think when writing. When I worked at the ad agency, we did Chrysler-Plymouth advertising (until we lost the account and did Lincoln-Mercury). However, I typed the word “Chrysler”, on a correcting Selectric typewriter, easily 100+ times a day. We typed drafts, final copy, letters, memos … Chrysler came out of my ears, but for years afterward, I could not type the word Christmas, without my fingers automatically typing Chrysler.
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That is so 🤣 funny!
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Oh i love how this worked out. You know all the time and distance thing!
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It is wonderful to know the girls are fine after all this time.
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oops it’s me CG
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