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[wombat]

**SPOILER ALERT**

I can't believe that Nice Pete has let us down, and not done the killing thing to Rachael Ray. She who cannot spell her own name defeats even him. I fear for civilization.

[CortJstr]

I didn't know she was married. Did she drug him? Blackmail?

[jaydub]

She can't spell her name?

[CortJstr]

She can't spell her name?

I think she means Rachael vs. Rachel

[jaydub]

Oh.  I think its a pretty standard spelling.  Its sort of the same rules as Michael.

[wombat]

Actually it is vastly less common. And stupid.

I could actually give you some numbers, but I am going to back away from the computer now and pretend I have a life.

[KeithHernandez]

This and Philippe's blog were both awesome.

[CortJstr]

Actually it is vastly less common. And stupid.

I could actually give you some numbers, but I am going to back away from the computer now and pretend I have a life.

I've always preferred it, maybe because it matches up with the weird spelling of my middle name, Michael.

[jaydub]

Wombat - as usual - has the power of truth behind her opinion:



Or at least, the truth as known by the US Social Security Administration.

Her fervor has me thinking Rachel is her given name.

[Arachno-capitalist]

I've always preferred it, maybe because it matches up with the weird spelling of my middle name, Michael.

We share the same spelling of the same middle name. I still feel weird spelling it. In my head it sounds like "mick-eye-l" like a yiddish person might say.

[linnea]

Damn, that was vivid. I am grateful that I've never seen Rachael's show, and therefore have no idea why Onstad hates her so bad.

This blog post's description of her husband made me cringe. Being married to her cookshow-empire-money must be like being trapped in a burning building by golden handcuffs.

[wombat]

Ooo, but I did not have the power of graphics. All I even considered doing was tossing out a couple of numbers from one decade. That is lovely, Mr Kangaroo Man.

That is not my name, by the way, I'm just very opinionated about names.

But back on topic:

Damn, that was vivid.

Yes. Nice Pete outdoes himself as a writer here, if not, sadly, as a murderer.

[colmore]

Oddly enough I've dated both a Rachael and a Rachel.  Apparently one is the slavic way of spelling it and one is the hebrew.  Or something like that.  Any name that's in the bible is going to have weird multiple spellings, and nothing is really phonetic in latin characters, since the language our alphabet was made for shifted away from its original pronunciation over 2000 years ago.  English should have about twenty something vowels.

Are there Michels out there though?  That looks kinda weird.  Like it should be pronounced "Mitchell" or "Michelle."

[Victoria Waterfield]

Are there Michels out there though?  That looks kinda weird.  Like it should be pronounced "Mitchell" or "Michelle."

Yes there are, and it's pronounced "Michelle", because they're French, or Québecois.

[KeithHernandez]

At one job I had a (really dumb, but nice) lady had a daughter and a son.  The son's name was Michael, the daughter's Micheal.  Alright, I don't remember exactly, but the girls name was the proper Micheal (thats right, right?) pronounced Michelle and the son's name was Michael pronounced Micheal or whatever. 

It was a confusing time.