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[aykroydfanforev]

why do so many people Spell it wrong like some people spell it like ayroyd my uncle spelled it with a i in it COME ON PEOPLE ITS AYKROYD

[JacobSteinAFM]

I know!!! On IMDb, people screw up his name all the time! I mean, jeez people, the man deserves to have his name spelled right!

Probably the worst spelling I have seen is "Accroid"

[bbcentral]

Who are we talking about? Dan Aykroyd? Dan Ackroyd? Dan Akroyd? Dan Akkroid?
(Or Dan Polaroid, as he calls himself on the BB DVD :lol:)

[aykroydfanforev]

hehe

[bluesharp]

I've learnt to spell it right,it took time mind you!!

[TakkunEG]

I just did a search for all the misspellings of Dan's last name in the board, and I came up with over SIX PAGES of threads that contained a misspelling somwhere.

Dear Fans,

It's "AYKROYD". It is NOT, "Ackroyd" or "Akroyd" or "Ackroid" or "Akroid". Conversely, it is "BELUSHI", not "Balushi" or "Bulushi".

If you are going to be involved in a fandom, please learn to spell everyone's name. This is not a nitpick, this should be necessary. I don't care if you can't spell anything else right, or if you don't give a rat's a$$ about grammar, or if English isn't your first language - all these things are fine, but PLEASE learn to spell "Aykroyd" and "Belushi" at the very least, especially inside a forum/site where it is written correctly on EVERY PAGE.

If Dan met you, you would want him to spell/say your name correctly, wouldn't you? It would make it seem like he cared about you. Please do the man the same courtesy and learn his name in return.

If you are not sure of someone's name, things like Google and Wikipedia exist for a reason.


That said...

Dear People In The Professional Publishing Industry,

If you have written or helped publish anything containing the name of a real-life person, VERIFY your sources and PLEASE take the time to get it right. Screwing this up makes you all look like ignorant hacks.


Sorry, but this is my biggest pet peeve on earth. I don't mind it so much if it's from someone who's not a fan and isn't in a professional area that would deal with names in type, but not from people who have it printed plainly RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.

Blame the cynicism and letter format on the fact that I've been reading fanficrants too much lately.

For those that this does not apply to -- Carry On. :D

[itsallblack]

SIX PAGES??does the words chill out mean anything to you.:D

[TakkunEG]

Told ya it was ranty 'Specially when I only expected one or three threads' worth.

I read a published mini-biography on Aretha Franklin in Jr. High for a report, and it got to her involvement in the BB movie and they had it spelled "Ackroyd". I was like *blood boil* WHO LET THIS THROUGH???

[bluesharp]

I thought i had time on me hands;)
Deep breaths Takk!!1..in...out...2...in...out!!

[itsallblack]

So bad spelling is your Kryptonite;)

[TakkunEG]

Just when it comes to 'Aykroyd.' Especially in a professional medium.

[Scott]

Hmm.... I think I may have been spelling his name wrong. I thought of a good way to remember though. One of the House of Blues Radio Hour clips I found has a bit where Elwood is writing a letter to Dan and he says, "Does Aykroyd have a 'y' in it? Ah I'll put two 'y's."

Maybe when I have some time I'll go through all those old posts and fix the spelling of Aykroyd and Belushi so that those topics will come up if somebody searches for either name.

[jolietpaul106]

Jeez that's a lot of spelling errors. I have a question though: How many times did people spell Aykroyd and Belushi wrong??Because if your on this site you should know how to spell their name at least.

[Scott]

Quite often; you yourself spelled it wrong just now. (it's been fixed though)

[itsallblack]

takkuneg said:

Just when it comes to 'Aykroyd.' Especially in a professional medium.

Its been a long time since i was a medium.:D

[mmwoodland]

Right on! I hate when people spell his name wrong!! It's really not that hard. Right on!

[itsallblack]

Let me put it like this.:D
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[TakkunEG]

itsallblack said:

Its been a long time since i was a medium.:D

...I've always been a X-Large! :D

itsallblack said:

Let me put it like this.:D
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I enjoy your randomness

[itsallblack]

Thankyou.yeah my bellys really drooping over my belt these days.Birthday today yippee.My turn to buy the doughnuts for the guys at work;)

[bluesharp]

Happy Birthday itsy!!