In a recent story for his Philippine Star column, Ricky Lo talked about names. One story was about often misspelled names. We discovered we’ve been misspelling a lot of them and that is why we’re sharing with you the list.
Bembol Roco (only one “c”)
Mitch Valdes (with an “s,” not a “z”)
Rocco (two “c’s”) Nacino
Carmina Villarroel (double “r”)
Phillip (double “l”) Salvador
Charlene Gonzalez (with a “z,” not an “s”)
Vicki (with an “i,” not a “y”) Belo
Paulo (with a “u,” not an “o”) Avelino
Paolo (with an “o,” not a “u”) Bediones
Paolo (with an “o”) Contis and Paolo (same) Ballesteros
Gerald (with an “l” before the “d”) Anderson
Gerard (with an “r” before the “d”) Madrid
Verni (no “e” at the end) Varga
Cherry (double “r” and a “y”) Pie Picache
Cherie (with one “r”) Gil
Andi/Gabby Eigenmann (double “n”)
Wenn (double “n”) Deramas
Alyssa (double “s”) Alano
Gretchen/Claudine/Marjorie Barretto (double “r” and double “t”)
Jackie (not with a “y”) Lou Blanco
Jacky (with a “y”) Woo.
