>> I get annoyed when people cannot spell my given name. I don't expect many to know the original Hebrew word it's derived from, or the implied meaning as a result.

But I expect them to /try/ to get it right. <<

For me it's the last name.

And last night's dance performance? In the program book one of the guys is named Woodrow Dick, III ... and goes by Woody.

>> That there's STILL a problem with a reference citing the /mistranslation/ decades after it was first corrected, well, that says a lot about why it's hard to break down cultural barriers in certain parts of the US. (And frankly, makes me wonder how my great-grandparents even MARRIED.) <<

Yes, it's a problem.