My name gets misspelled quite often. Over the years I have come to find it amusing and I realize it is the price one pays for having a unique name. Here are some of the best misspellings of 'Bryson Lang' that I have endured.
A classic misspelling from a magazine advertising the Tahoe Fusion show.
My first Comedy Club performance, in Philadelphia. Welcome to showbiz.
Literally, the first week I arrived in CA I got a call from Disney to work on a commercial. This was my wardrobe tag and one of the finest examples of my name misspelled.
This photography processing store was on the same path.
This is an invoice from my Gardner. Although English isn't his first language, English and Spanish share the same alphabet, yet he has managed to create a new letter in the middle of "Bryson" that is reminiscent of both an "N" and a "Z".
My welcome aboard envelope on a cruise ship.
Another photo lab. At least the headshots had my name spelled right on the bottom.
The next 15 examples are all from 'Jamba Juice', one of my favorite places to get smoothies.
A Tahoe newspaper gets it close, but not quite.
I think they were expecting me to be Vietnamese with this name. The doctor's name they got right, however.
The military is not known for its mistakes (well, perhaps accidentally bombing the Chinese Embassy) but here is one clear example where they made an error.
This is one of my favorites because it is so ridiculous. How could my name have gotten so confused? When the journalists looked at my name in the program from this show to write the article in the paper, what happened?
This was on an envelope from a theater in Palmdale. Creative.
This was for a Parking Spot that was reserved for me for an Orange County show.
This was part of a Publisher's response to some writing I had submitted. To be turned down AND have your name spelled wrong. The double whammy.
Ah, the cruise ship itinerary. I enjoy this one very much. Not only is my name spelled wrong in yet another creative way on yet another cruise ship (with question marks afterwards as if to say, "do we really want to give him a sound check?") you will notice that, highlighted in purple, the words "Raft" and "Safety" are also spelled wrong. Fantastic.
A Supercuts receipt. Now, I know that spelling is not a skill necessary to the tonsorial arts (haircutting) but keep in mind I was standing right there clearly saying, "Bryson" as she wrote..."Bracle".
This was from an article in MAGIC Magazine. Not only was my name creatively constructed, but "illusionist" is also misspelled.
This was on an envelope from a charity. organization.
RUBIO"S Mexican Restaurant