Comments on: About http://www.iain.com Iain's pointless writing place Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:13:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Iain http://www.iain.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-9395 Iain Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:13:17 +0000 #comment-9395 Hi again Iain. I'm delighted to see this page has now turned into a support group for Iains!! Excellent. I get post from my optician addressed to Lain! Hi again Iain. I’m delighted to see this page has now turned into a support group for Iains!! Excellent. I get post from my optician addressed to Lain!

]]> By: iain http://www.iain.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-9236 iain Mon, 17 May 2010 16:28:03 +0000 #comment-9236 Yeah, most of mine, too. A combination of Spam Assassin and Thunderbird's junk mail filtering makes it tolerable. So you will be iron@iain.co? :) Yeah, most of mine, too. A combination of Spam Assassin and Thunderbird’s junk mail filtering makes it tolerable.

So you will be iron@iain.co? :)

]]> By: Iron http://www.iain.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-9227 Iron Sat, 15 May 2010 04:33:42 +0000 #comment-9227 I know, I already had everyone (literally, everyone) I told butting in with 'you mean dot com / dot co dot uk'. It's not on for a couple of months, and I'm sorry if I ruin your life for a while with all my fanmail (by which I just mean spam, for there is no other kind of mail I actually get). I know, I already had everyone (literally, everyone) I told butting in with ‘you mean dot com / dot co dot uk’. It’s not on for a couple of months, and I’m sorry if I ruin your life for a while with all my fanmail (by which I just mean spam, for there is no other kind of mail I actually get).

]]> By: iain http://www.iain.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-9225 iain Fri, 14 May 2010 20:08:57 +0000 #comment-9225 I think most non-Brit Europeans (and a few Americans) call me "eye-an" or "eye-on". I mostly don't gripe, but I was happy that a Swede I work with finally made the attempt to get it right, after I worked hard on pronouncing his name within the first week of him working here. Congratulations on acquiring iain.co! I'm sure I'll be getting a lot of your mail, at least until .co doesn't automatically invoke a .com "finger macro." (It was hard for me to type .co even in this paragraph.) I think most non-Brit Europeans (and a few Americans) call me “eye-an” or “eye-on”. I mostly don’t gripe, but I was happy that a Swede I work with finally made the attempt to get it right, after I worked hard on pronouncing his name within the first week of him working here.

Congratulations on acquiring iain.co! I’m sure I’ll be getting a lot of your mail, at least until .co doesn’t automatically invoke a .com “finger macro.” (It was hard for me to type .co even in this paragraph.)

]]> By: Iain http://www.iain.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-9223 Iain Fri, 14 May 2010 13:24:14 +0000 #comment-9223 Hello Iain and all the other Iains, I just laughed out loud at the problems of being called Lain. Germans quite like calling me Iron, I find. Best regards, Iain ps I just pre-registered iain.co (not quite as cool as iain.com, but pretty close) Hello Iain and all the other Iains,

I just laughed out loud at the problems of being called Lain. Germans quite like calling me Iron, I find.

Best regards,

Iain

ps I just pre-registered iain.co (not quite as cool as iain.com, but pretty close)

]]> By: iain http://www.iain.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-8956 iain Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:06:09 +0000 #comment-8956 I like your comment, but no, you're not getting your hands on the domain name :). Yep, I have exactly the same problems. "Yes, it's the Scottish spelling of Ian. No, I'm not Scottish." *Most* have heard of the name Ian, but not all. As for Lain - I took a prescription to CVS to fill last week. "Do you have a prescription card?" she asked. "I should be on file," I said. "No, you're not." "I'm sure I am, I've been getting prescriptions filled for five years or more." "I can't find you." Then I saw her typing in L-A-I-N. "Oh, no, it's Iain. Isn't that what the dentist wrote?" "Umm." She looked at it for a moment. "You could read it either way." Well, yes, you could read it either way - except for the convention that PEOPLE'S NAMES BEGIN WITH A CAPITAL LETTER! AND A CAPITAL L DOES NOT LOOK LIKE AN I! I like your comment, but no, you’re not getting your hands on the domain name :) . Yep, I have exactly the same problems. “Yes, it’s the Scottish spelling of Ian. No, I’m not Scottish.” *Most* have heard of the name Ian, but not all.

As for Lain – I took a prescription to CVS to fill last week. “Do you have a prescription card?” she asked. “I should be on file,” I said. “No, you’re not.” “I’m sure I am, I’ve been getting prescriptions filled for five years or more.” “I can’t find you.” Then I saw her typing in L-A-I-N. “Oh, no, it’s Iain. Isn’t that what the dentist wrote?” “Umm.” She looked at it for a moment. “You could read it either way.”

Well, yes, you could read it either way – except for the convention that PEOPLE’S NAMES BEGIN WITH A CAPITAL LETTER! AND A CAPITAL L DOES NOT LOOK LIKE AN I!

]]> By: Iain http://www.iain.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-8950 Iain Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:40:13 +0000 #comment-8950 Could I also put a polite request in to have your domain name, I think I deserve it as compensation. Compensation for every time I have had to explain to someone that its spelt like that because its Scottish, yer, and I'm not. Compensation for the times people have spelt it as Iian, after repeating the correct spelling for the third time! Compensation for the three occasions when some idiot has read my name and then said, Hello Lain, Lain? Who the hell is Lain! Oh, yer, and compensation for the fact that Iain in Scottish is John in English, and my middle name is John, so, I'm actually called John John. Thanks dad, that was well thought out. Could I also put a polite request in to have your domain name, I think I deserve it as compensation. Compensation for every time I have had to explain to someone that its spelt like that because its Scottish, yer, and I’m not. Compensation for the times people have spelt it as Iian, after repeating the correct spelling for the third time! Compensation for the three occasions when some idiot has read my name and then said, Hello Lain, Lain? Who the hell is Lain! Oh, yer, and compensation for the fact that Iain in Scottish is John in English, and my middle name is John, so, I’m actually called John John. Thanks dad, that was well thought out.

]]> By: iain http://www.iain.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-6777 iain Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:33:07 +0000 #comment-6777 I have a few domains I'd gladly swap for Danish beer, but I don't think they're the ones you want :) I have a few domains I’d gladly swap for Danish beer, but I don’t think they’re the ones you want :)

]]> By: Iain http://www.iain.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-6231 Iain Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:51:06 +0000 #comment-6231 Great name Iain, and a great site. Just had a little chuckle at the various attempts to buy your domain name! I was sure I'd be the only one that wanted it!! If you ever decide to auction it, my bid is a couple of cans of Danish beer... All the best, Iain (in Copenhagen) Great name Iain, and a great site. Just had a little chuckle at the various attempts to buy your domain name! I was sure I’d be the only one that wanted it!!
If you ever decide to auction it, my bid is a couple of cans of Danish beer…

All the best, Iain (in Copenhagen)

]]> By: iain http://www.iain.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5130 iain Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:11:44 +0000 #comment-5130 How strange that it becomes a link here. What platform would that be in? How strange that it becomes a link here. What platform would that be in?

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