Alice McFlurry 
To all people named Micheal:
That's just because your parents couldn't spell, right?
Frank
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Michael Gemar@Alice I used to get upset when people spelled my name that way. Then I met my friend Mikael.
@michaelgemar Mikael is at least a real spelling for Michael in Scandinavian and Slavic regions.
Micheal is just the product of stupid parents.
@Alice My friend didn’t have either of those backgrounds, just “creative” parents.
I kinda understand that the “ael” ending is unusual in English, but yeah, I do silently look down on people who spell my name that way. (Though I don’t actually correct them unless it’s critical — no at Starbucks, yes at DMV.)
@michaelgemar Michael 100% makes sense.
Micheal is just a typo that dumb stubborn parents doubled down on after making a mistake.
Bruce Heerssen 
@Alice
I saw a reporter on TV named Mychael. I thought that was a little weird.
I saw a reporter on TV named Mychael. I thought that was a little weird.
KanaMaunaWhere is the downvote button? There are several Micheals in my family. It's Irish and, trust me, it ain't safe to make the Irish mad.
Edit: ok, maybe that was over the top. Been a hard week.
Tim@KanaMauna This being a question from a beige.party account there was prob no point answering to begin with, nevertheless your reaction was NOT over the top but entirely justified and I‘m not even Irish.
I retired last summer after 20 years as a manager, much of which involved writing people up for threatening violence over “ownership” of filing cabinet drawers, coworkers overwatering their plants, and, my favorite, someone taking their lunch out of the microwave oven without their permission. After that, self-policing becomes normal.
OTOH, I am part Irish and there are at least three Micheals in the family…
@KanaMauna Glad you apparently escaped with limited brain damage and your (some say: manufactured) introspection intact. No mean feat in these times.
The microwave story sounds familiar - and I‘m a _stage_ manager :(
I had an Irish girlfriend once and she knew loads of Micheals!
Leonardo Fontenelle@Alice In Brazil, when Michael Jackson hit popularity, the name "Maicon" (*) became popular, and nowadays people use it simply because they like it, not having any idea where it came from.
*. Start pronouncing as in Spanish or Italian, but (in my region) the final "n" makes the "o" sound nasal instead if being a real "n".
@leonardof Fascinating!
I remember a news piece of a clerk who had an LP sleeve to show parents how the name was spelt, when they were registering they kid's birth.
We do have a Portuguese version if the name (Miguel, as in the angel who hailed Mary), but many people didn't make the connection.
@leonardof 😂 This is so funny.
Panic at the Trishco 🕊️@Alice
I named my kid Miguel so I wouldn’t constantly misspell Micheal.
I named my kid Miguel so I wouldn’t constantly misspell Micheal.
@topofmyvoice Brilliant!
Len
AutistiCritic@Alice So when do we start on the Lindsay / Lindsey debate? Asking for my sister… 😆
@benjamincox I dated a guy whose ex was named Linsday and I kind of judged them both for it.
Martin Marconcini@Alice in the Netherlands there's Michiel. Mispronounced as "Muhuul, mihiil".
Galen Strickland@Alice At least my mother could spell, unlike other mother's Gaylon, Gayland, Gahlen, and other such nonsense.