Proper Spelling of team or people's names

[Elgin Clock]

Oh you know I have to chime in on this one.

2 crazy names, both of which have been done so wrong to me by so many.

Elgin It is pronounced L - Gin *like the drink (should really be a j - sounds like a J)
People pronounce it Algin, Elgum, Eglin, Elrod (as a running joke), Elgin *like ginsu knives* (darn you Dez & Fin!!)
It's been spelled wrong so many times it's not even funny.
The best were Elfin, Elfgin, (darn F & G keys are right next to each other on the keyboard as a cruel twist of fate) UELGIN (yes I am ) & Elain - One little letter replacing the G makes me a female to the marketing world, and I keep getting flyers from Fashion Bug to go buy some spring dresses on sale.. :sigh:

Clock - Pronounced the way every other clock you own that keeps time is pronounced, but people still have trouble with this one.
Have been pronounced Cloak, Click, Clark *the most popular one*

Has been massacred in spelling as well.
Clok, Klock, Kloc, and on more than one occasion they have dropped the L from the name keeping the rest of the letters..
Yeah, it was announced that way at an awards ceremony too.. oops.
Oh yeah, who can forget the last name BLOCK on my airline ticket we noticed at the airport on the way to Nats in 2001, thankfully post-9/11 so there wasn't a huge holdup at the line trying to explain that one.

And my name is synonymous to ridicule, and disbelief.. to the extent that if you make fun of my name, chances are I have heard it a million times before.

No, I am not related to the people with the LAST NAME Elgin who make the clocks.. yeah.. wish I was.

No, I have never been to Elgin, Ill for that matter, home of the Elgin Clock company and the name to pretty much every other business in that town as well as the town itself.

No, My brother is not Timex, quartz, or indiglo..
Although, I was born in a city in CT which is the home of a watch and clock museum.
Maybe I'll go there and sneak my picture in a display case there someday. Who knows.

No, my name is not the same as that Air Force Base, that is named Eglin.

No, I have never written to any companies that are named Elgin especially the clock company looking for freebies, or asking to be their spokesman as Ogre (Jeff) from 173 suggested (Although, that is really not a bad idea.)

Yes, I do know who Elgin Baylor is. (If you don't you're not older than me)
Yes, I do know that the singer Ginuwine's real name is Elgin.
Yes, I do know street sweepers have my name on it.


I think that may cover about 75% of the name issue for me.

<And to top it all off, CD hates my name even though I have been a member here since early to mid 2001 and spell check's my name to be El Gin, Elfin, or El-Gin>

What a cruel world...