Jaunted

Leif Even Pettersen
Leif Even Pettersen
Leif Even Pettersen

I am going to write it over and over again as
our penance.  Of course, we may spell it wrong there as well...

From Mr. Pettersen's site:
"My full name is Leif Even Pettersen.  No one has ever spelled or pronounced it correctly on the first try".

Can you leave the right ranking scale in comments below?

The me wearing shorts in Italy social scale is like so...

*    Mad cow disease
*    Dog shit
*    Unwashed hobo
*    Me
*    Recently washed hobo (assuming he's wearing pants, which he most certainly is, because no self-respecting Italian hobo would be caught dead in shorts)
*    The French
*    Anyone that orders a cappuccino after 10am
*    Pigeon
*    People that eat dinner alone in Florence while 20 people wait in the rain for a table
*    The government
*    Songwriters that write about anything other than 'amore'
*    People that pronounce it "eye¬-talian"
*    Guys that bring laptops into cafes
*    Dog with mange
*    Junkie
And so on.

The social scale Claire posted is the one when I actually wear pants.  I still rank low because I'm a blond, green-eyed foreigner with zero regard for his hair, shoes and the size of his sunglasses.  

If it helps with the name, you don't have to put the "Even" part in there.  I don't usually insist that people use my middle name, I just did it that one time to mess with people.  A resounding success in this instance.

And if I may, Claire, see how productive whining can be?  You should have seen the quick action I got out of LP when they misspelled it in my author bio in "Europe on a Shoestring".  They were all "Yes, Mr. Pettersen.  We're sorry Mr. Pettersen.  It'll never happen again Mr. Pettersen."  

Actually, they just said "And you are...?"

Dear Mr. Leaf Evan Peterson,

I assure you, my attention to detail and spelling accuracy is unfaltering. That was a rare exception. As for the shorts v. pants issue, I tried to abridge your degradation. Which failed to give full credit to your total and complete ostracism from society. My sincerest apologies! I hope entertaining you with my witty, informative, and error-free posts in the future will win back your respect.

Sincerely Yours,

ced138

You got a full blown act of contrition comment from Claire, does LP give you that?

And you are...?

Never mind that, I've got a theory that someone at LP is going around intentionally spelling my name wrong.  They spell it wrong so often, there's just no other explanation.  Even in places where I sent in the text, text that I personally wrote, with my name spelled correctly, it ends up effed.  This has happened in one book, twice online, and I've caught them during final book editing stages twice more and had to request a change.  It's gotta be some weird, Aussie hazing ritual that I just don't get.  

Anyway, if you continue to give me free press a couple times a year, you guys can spell it any way you like.  Just make sure the URL is correct.

Mark I found your KB comment from a few days back in the spam file today.  I think that funky link you put in there made the software think you were trying to sell me Viagra.  Anyway, I've fixed it.  

So now everyone knows this whole Jaunted thing is just a front for my Viagra sales?  The traveling public needs their Viagra.

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