alt Hacker NewsI just don't understand how it happens. If they had ever taken an intro to real analysis class they would learn to spell his name. If they were just parroting what an AI told them... shouldn't they still just say his name? An individual could just be dyslexic or mistaken but it seems to be a substantial volume. I guess they just don't care enough about it to commit the correct name to memory, only remembering the "pattern" of the name and filling in the spelling via guesswork?
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ndriscoll • yesterday at 11:26 PM
Maybe they skipped straight to Lebeg integrals.
jryb • today at 12:20 AM
Autocorrect might be doing it
neutronicus • today at 2:36 AM
iPhone would be my guess
NewsaHackO • yesterday at 11:21 PM
People just don’t spell that seriously buddy, especially when it is so immaterial to the point.
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My last name is Hebert.
There’s about a 1 in 10 chance when someone spells it (or says it) they say Herbert.
Even in situations where they just read it or I just said it.
I’ve had Herbert soccer trophies, health insurance cards, etc.
The mind fills in a lot of blanks and doesnt always get them right.