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Jane.
It's not that difficult a name, is it?
So how come twice in the last two weeks, somebody has called me Jan? Really, it would be hard to confuse me with the Owner's secretary assistant, who is round and blonde and is named Jan. (And we do get one another's mail sometimes, thank you Outlook Autofill.)

I just couldn't keep my mouth shut about it yesterday, and corrected the guy on the spot. Wish I had better control of myself - I ought to have waited til after the meeting.

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Some times I correct on the spot, sometimes I don't- but if I don't, and people find out they've been mispronouncing my name, they get all huffy.

It's always perversely fun to have clients or lawyers call who have only seen my name in print, and ask for "Mr. F." And then they get flustered when I am clearly not a Mr.