TEXT (not a misfire)

[amadaman]

[One December afternoon as carols and the sound of jingle bells belt from every business' speakers, filling people with Christmas cheer (and exhaustion) weeks before the actual event, one imPort posts a text to the network.]

You'd think that with there being four of us ordering at least one of us would get our name right, right?

l o l no

[Attached to the post is a selfie of teens showing off their favorite signature holiday drinks, but the focus of the picture are the names -- confidently scribbled across the cup of each drink are Grant, Kenneth, Utah, and Moore, and anybody who knows these boys will know that those are pretty much the 4kids dub version of their names at best.]

Let's pretend there's a campfire and share some stories about ways your name has been spelled or pronounced since coming here. I'm sure it's happened to a majority of us. （´。` ）


((ooc: Any of the boys featured in the post -- Gran, Kidou, Endou, Ken -- may respond to you!! Likewise, feel free to threadjack and hit up anybody and consider it a shitpost free-for-all. HAPPY HOLIDAYS.))

Comments

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[hardcorduroy]

well it wasn't HERE but one teacher called me borduroy at high school registration

ugh that was a nightmare

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[starlinings]

An alphabetical mistake, perhaps?

B and C are close to each other...still, it's no excuse, I suppose.

[amadaman]

was that a joke because you looked bored or

that's rude coming from a teacher though

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[tacticianing]

That's unfortunate. Hopefully it wasn't difficult to sort out.

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[heartofraimon]

how does a teacher even get your name wrong? aren't they supposed to know that?

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[tacticianing]

[And now he's Utah at school thanks to this. He should have known better. Now it is too late.]

I suppose the real lesson is to always spell your name out loud before someone else can.

[amadaman]

[hi ken's texting you from literally five inches away]

I guess you're right

I can't believe my name got LONGER

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[starlinings]

I'd say use your surname, but I doubt it'd yield any better results.

[Japanese names and Starbux employees, man.]

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[rideme]

ho ho holy shit

wow

nice to meet u KENNETH

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[amadaman]

t ( - _ - t )

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[ursawhiner]

You know, Dipper's never really given me any trouble. Helps when your name's a word, I guess.

'Kenneth' is almost right?

[amadaman]

I mean at least it's still a name. [poor kidou]

If anybody could mess up Dipper what would it even be

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[starlinings]

That's what I thought with mine, but apparently it's slang for grandmother as well.

Maybe they tried to avoid that.

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[starlinings]

Is it really so strange to get a cold drink in December?

[Ah yes, the REAL problem in this situation.]

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[amadaman]

It's not weird but are you going to be ok

you get cold easily don't you

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[leaflets]

[ pffft. she's so laughing at all of you right now. ]

I got "Him 'n' Me" once. And "Anemone". I think I said my name too fast.

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[tacticianing]

That's certainly a creative interpretation.

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[monge]

sometimes im called jef

[amadaman]

??????

how

[driftsintobuffetline]

aaaaand that's why I have a nickname. NEWT doesn't get messed up very often. Nobody gets GEISZLER right though.

next time you should wear nametags in. See if they still screw it up.

[amadaman]

You know, that's how I felt about my name. It's Ken.

How do you get Ken wrong.

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[inuko]

I got one with See No (evil) last week. I'm really not sure why they decided to add on the (evil). The other one I remember was Casino.

[amadaman]

I'm going to guess your name has to do with the si-no pronunciation part

it kind of sounds like they were messing around with your name more than anything ........

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[oceanthief]

Bob.

[all you need is a quick look at her network id to know...yeah. yeah. the disdain practically seeps out of that single text message.]

[amadaman]

im sorry

[rassera]

canada

[amadaman]

I mean
I guess you match the flag.

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[redigere]

Namineigh

[She also sends a picture. It's a doodle of herself, with a giant costume horse head on top of her own. Her doodle self looks really unimpressed.]

[amadaman]

They were so close?? I guess you have a halloween idea now?

text | id reads "power girl"

[boobwindow]

Not as bad as those, but to this day people still write out "Powergirl".

[amadaman]

wait


do you not write it

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[heartofraimon]

i yhink its funny that kens got longer and mine got shorter

[At least the coffee orders themselves weren't wrong or anything, although there's something bugging him about his and he can't quite put his finger on it.]

does anyone elses coffee taste funny? i don't remember my last pumpkin spice tasting like this. maybe i got the wrong order

[Somewhere, some poor guy named Moore didn't have his weird pumpkin spice latte, and they were laughing it up over how silly their named was spelled. Such is the way of the coffee gods, they bringeth, and they taketh away...mostly for a cheap chuckle.]

do i tell them?

Action

[tacticianing]

[Kidou looks over at Endou, watching him for a few seconds. He debates saying anything; but can't shake the vaguely guilty hesitance he's gotten all too familiar with. The one that comes with deceiving someone he cares about.

But he had to do what he did, stepping in and clarifying one vital detail about Endou's order for him. He doesn't really regret it. It was for the best.

Endou on caffeine is not an Endou he particularly wants to be around. And neither, he's sure, does anyone else.

He leans over a little to be heard better against the background noise.]

You don't think that's yours?

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[sleight_of_hand]

I think the place near me is just putting "Adorkchi" on my cup on purpose now.

[ ...and hey, isn't one of those brats one of the kids from that tower...? He can't be sure. ]

[amadaman]

maybe you should answer to them adorkchi-san

bc it sounds like they're trying to tell you you're you cute /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\

or something

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[sidequestings]

Hannah is a popular way to misspell my name, apparently. Mostly I get a blank look and 'M' on my cup, though.

[amadaman]

Which do you like better? They both sound pretty.... ┐(´～｀)┌

Pretty selective hearing though to get Hannah from your name.