The spelling of names is a difficult matter (and sometimes leads to work stories)
As I was reading a comment on my last post, my eyes fell on the post content, specifically the list of tech names. And it only just occurred to me that it's now possible, since I've named my laptop after Alec Hardison (the hacker on Leverage), that someone might assume my ereader is named after Eliot Spencer (the hitter on Leverage), and that I misspelled his name. *facepalm*
So for the record (technically for newer folks in these parts, but I promise I don't assume people memorize the minutiae of my tech names), Elliot-the-ereader is named after Elliot Schafer from Sarah Rees Brennan's The Turn of the Story.
Relatedly (and either Ginny or I tweeted about this at the time, but I don't think I mentioned it here), not long ago at Casual Job we were checking the spelling of someone's last name, which was "Elliott", which made me say there are too many possible spellings of the name. Ginny, appropriately fierce in her love of Elliot Schafer, countered that there's only ONE CORRECT SPELLING...except that she also dearly adores Eliot Spencer. AWKWARD. She deigned to make an exception when I pointed this out.
And then, as closely to in unison as we can figure, we had the exact same thought (and Ginny was mock-grumpy that I managed to say it first): "It's a very distinctive spelling."
[If you don't know Leverage, a) You're missing out, and b) see also this gifset.]
ETA: I misremembered Ginny's reasoning for her staunch opinion on the spelling! I stand corrected.
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So for the record (technically for newer folks in these parts, but I promise I don't assume people memorize the minutiae of my tech names), Elliot-the-ereader is named after Elliot Schafer from Sarah Rees Brennan's The Turn of the Story.
Relatedly (and either Ginny or I tweeted about this at the time, but I don't think I mentioned it here), not long ago at Casual Job we were checking the spelling of someone's last name, which was "Elliott", which made me say there are too many possible spellings of the name. Ginny, appropriately fierce in her love of Elliot Schafer, countered that there's only ONE CORRECT SPELLING...except that she also dearly adores Eliot Spencer. AWKWARD. She deigned to make an exception when I pointed this out.
And then, as closely to in unison as we can figure, we had the exact same thought (and Ginny was mock-grumpy that I managed to say it first): "It's a very distinctive spelling."
[If you don't know Leverage, a) You're missing out, and b) see also this gifset.]
ETA: I misremembered Ginny's reasoning for her staunch opinion on the spelling! I stand corrected.
Originally posted at http://umadoshi.dreamwidth.org/670830.html. Comment here if you like, or comment there using OpenID. Comments at DW: