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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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I get "Alisha" and other incorrect names all the time, but I thought that was largely because a lot of people have never encountered the name Ailish before me.

But Jane?! Even if they don't personally know a Jane, it was one of the first names our generation encountered in literature, along with Dick, Sally and Spot. How can they mess that one up?

And I do think you're better off correcting people early and often.