If you are living in United States and being called O'Xyz, Al-Xyz or D'Xyz or having a space in your name or another for English unusual symbol it can be pretty difficult sometimes as computers and computer systems don't recognize apostrophes, gaps or hyphens. In the world where you don't have to do almost anything because we have technologies and devices that allow us to lead much more comfortable and convenient life, it's such a big deal when your name is not plain, apostrophe/gap/hiccup/whatever-free. Actually, it's much more worse in Europe I guess. Just think how many nations and nationalities with specific languages and rare alphabets and different grammar you can find here. And being from Slovakia, having Slovak name with all that special letters I know what the Americans are complaining about. Even in my passport there is not the right version of my name to make it a little bit easier for others. Once I cross the borders of my own country, I am not myself anymore. All over the world the computer keyboards vary from country to country. And in the most of countries the letters necessarily required for my name to be right written just miss. I have seen so many forms of my name! Some characters are missing, and some are brand new (such as $@& etc), making my own last name indistinguishable even for me, its proud owner! And it's not only about losing myself, it's about permanent fear of not be allowed to board the plane, of being requested to pay for something I have already paid, all of that just because of the wrong transcription of my name.
Written by Kamila Moravcikova Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
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