This is IMPORTANT!!!

[jamyr]

Hey newcomers, self-proclaimed newcomers, oldtimers who watch this board!

I have noticed that there is a lot of people who spells the name of bitcoin^idol and it's not cool , not even okay. In my honest opinion.

It's laszlo , not Lazlo.


Its a disgrace, an abomination!

[LTU_btc]

Good point. Correct me if I'm wrong, but he is from US, but his name Laszlo is Hungarian. From what I saw, Hungarian language looks like one of the most difficult language in Europe. Sometimes it looks that you can break your tongue while pronouncing their names and surnames. So, it's not something very surprising that people makes mistakes while typing Laszlo name.

[NeuroticFish]

it's not something very surprising that people makes mistakes while typing Laszlo name.

I think that's mostly carelessness.
It's the same for people talking about "Etherium" (I soo wanted at some point to make a worthless coin with this name only for the fun of it...), or, let's not forget, Bitocin.
Of course, these are "weaker" examples than mistyping Laszlo (which, if we want to be super-correct, should actually be László - let's see how many would mistake it then; just I've seen in more than one language people don't always use the diacritics, so Laszlo is fine)

I can understand that people come from various places and may not write 100% correct English all the time (probably I make errors myself now and then), but the fact that so many are not paying attention at typing the names involved in the discussions saddens me.

[examplens]

It's the same for people talking about "Etherium" (I soo wanted at some point to make a worthless coin with this name only for the fun of it...), or, let's not forget, Bitocin.

I've seen a lot of people messing with "campaign" and "company". Most often we have bounty hunters who participate in the "bounty company", even some campaign managers. Many of them do not even understand the difference.

I can understand that people come from various places and may not write 100% correct English all the time (probably I make errors myself now and then), but the fact that so many are not paying attention at typing the names involved in the discussions saddens me.

some basic things, especially common terms like "Ethereum" they should learn how to spell correctly. Google knows almost everything.

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This reminds me of legendary teachers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uAy0RuSvII

[Darker45]

Its a disgrace, an abomination!

Or are we just reacting too much? I mean, it is a very simple error which could be corrected very quickly. It is not as if our missing one single letter of the man's name is intentional or malicious. Neither is it dishonoring what he's done in the past.

How about it is very disgraceful and abominable to me if the first letter of my first name, which is apparently a proper noun, is not capitalized? That feels like you are reducing my being a human person.

It's laszlo , not Lazlo.

[boyptc]

So far I haven't seen people spelling it wrong. And if there's a mistake that I've done in the past removing one letter on his name, I probably have corrected it for a long time already.

But I think if it's Laszlo's going to see someone make a mistake of misspelling his name, I think that won't be a big matter to him.

[Lucius]

It is my opinion that everyone should be careful when writing someone's name or surname, or even a nickname - some people react very negatively to such things. Also, if someone does this persistently, it will affect many beginners who accept such information as credible if it comes from a high ranked member.

Anyone can make mistakes, I believe I did it in some posts - but that's why there is a preview and edit button that allows us to fix it. One day this forum will be part of crypto history, you don't want some researchers there in the year 2140 to tell us that we were primitive and illiterate

[Smartvirus]

Good point. Correct me if I'm wrong, but he is from US, but his name Laszlo is Hungarian. From what I saw, Hungarian language looks like one of the most difficult language in Europe. Sometimes it looks that you can break your tongue while pronouncing their names and surnames. So, it's not something very surprising that people makes mistakes while typing Laszlo name.

Its a funny one trying to relate the sound to what the tongue actually goes through in course of pronouncing a name where the syllabus sounds isn't coherent enough. Though, the tongue breaking is the expression that got me laughing on either, the tongue could actually break? Its got no bone or any hard substance.
Anyway, one thing we must come to realise with regards to OP is that, you can better pronounce a me based on your ethnicity as to how related to the name of origin you are and then, most people often spell the same way you pronounce. A wrong pronunciation could mean a wrong spelling too. You can't entirely blame those who get it wrong, the fingers could be a lot more faster than the sounds that proceeds forth from the mouth.

[LTU_btc]

Of course, these are "weaker" examples than mistyping Laszlo (which, if we want to be super-correct, should actually be László - let's see how many would mistake it then; just I've seen in more than one language people don't always use the diacritics, so Laszlo is fine)

Well, diacritics is a bit different topic. Not always keyboards have these things. But it's also about laziness, typing without diacritics is just faster. Honestly, I even don't always use diacritics when I type my surname . Though, at least in my language, when you don't use diacritics, meaning of word may change and someone can missunderstand you.

Though the tongue breaking is the expression that got me laughing on either, the tongue could actually break? Its got no bone or any hard substance.

Well, probably no, lol . I don't even know is it this phrase is used in English language. But at least in my country, it's quite often used when we talk about difficult to pronounce words.

[GeorgeJohn]

Hey newcomers, self-proclaimed newcomers, oldtimers who watch this board!
I have noticed that there is a lot of people who spells the name of bitcoin^idol and it's not cool , not even okay. In my honest opinion.

The only thing i noticed via spelling and pronouncing of word's is base on a country intonation and method of communication and pronunciation, at times people will know the accurate spelling, but due to fastness and out of carefulness or impatient equally lead's to misspelled words.

Its a disgrace, an abomination!

Lol, errors is of the key correction and stand of average person, i have not seen any disgrace except such error repeat itself occasionally.

[jamyr]

Excuse me for being very intense.
Point is this, its only been decade and we already fail to keep our records accurate.
If you will think about it, something very little but inaccurate can after being repeated overtime can become the truth.

And if prominent members of this forum would repeatedly cite "laszlo" as Lazlo ,




Then we are not doing a very good job IMHO.

[NeuroticFish]

And if prominent members of this forum would repeatedly cite "laszlo" as Lazlo ,
~
Then we are not doing a very good job IMHO.

I fear that you were not clear enough either. You wrote "spells the name of". While the user name is indeed laszlo, the actual name is Laszlo (Hanyecz).
I talked most of the time about the... person, not the user, hence the capital L.
Also as fun fact, in the famous pizza post, he also signed himself as Laszlo. Yes, with capital L.

And the screenshot you've shown proves nothing. The forum is full of impersonators. I mean, if one wants to check, he has to research a little, for example follow the merits.

So yeah, you are overly exaggerating...

[Welsh]

Point is this, its only been decade and we already fail to keep our records accurate.

This is generally the case for everything. Its even worse once things start getting translated into different languages. I've seen even some locally run awareness advertisements be wrongly citing information, or just plain wrong. Unfortunately, this is likely to continue to happen, as it has done throughout history.

I agree with NeuroticFish though. Most people are referring to the person when quoting the name, and not the username of the account. I've talked about it with people who aren't familiar with Bitcoin, and I assure you that my pronunciation of the name is wrong, but people still can get the context of what happened, and if they have the motivation to research it themselves, they'll come across the proper name as its documented enough throughout the internet.

Just because someone on a forum is misspelling the name, doesn't really carry much weight.

[jamyr]

I still believe correcting something while it is very little is better than letting it grow to something even worse.

~ Just because someone on a forum is misspelling the name, doesn't really carry much weight.

I don't know how to tally the data, but I believe there were more than a handful.

Unfortunately, this is likely to continue to happen, as it has done throughout history.

Unless we start being a little more vigilant. It is only once a year that we celebrate his great contribution. Citing him as "laszlo" have its merit.

a. Citing him in his real life name is I believe an infringement of his Privacy.

b. It would be polite and proper.

c. Might influence those newcomers to do the same.

d. e. f. g.

[BlackHatCoiner]

Its a disgrace, an abomination!

How can you really believe that a misspelling is a disgrace? Internet users tend to make mistakes in the English's grammar and that's obvious. Not all of us come from the same nation. I personally wouldn't use the word “important” in capital along with three exclamation marks for that reason.

(which, if we want to be super-correct, should actually be László

These abominations! They haven't added Laszlo Hanyecz on wikipedia! 

I have noticed that there is a lot of people who spells the name of bitcoin^idol and it's not cool

Just noticed a misspelling from your side. It should be “Bitcoin” and not “bitcoin”, because you're not referring to the units of the system.

[jamyr]

Its a disgrace, an abomination!

How can you really believe that a misspelling is a disgrace? Internet users tend to make mistakes in the English's grammar and that's obvious. Not all of us come from the same nation. I personally wouldn't use the word “important” in capital along with three exclamation marks for that reason.

(which, if we want to be super-correct, should actually be László

These abominations! They haven't added Laszlo Hanyecz on wikipedia!  

I have noticed that there is a lot of people who spells the name of bitcoin^idol and it's not cool

Just noticed a misspelling from your side. It should be “Bitcoin” and not “bitcoin”, because you're not referring to the units of the system.

The point I was trying to make isn't with grammar. I am not even fluent in English and most of the time I confuse people when I'm explaining something. I may have used the terms "disgrace" and "abomination" due to the same thing but I already did.

Let me explain in another way.

Say Bitcoin is a religion, satoshi is God, the pioneers are Apostles and Disciples.

Omitting a letter of their name would be a disgrace, an abomination even so.

Anyways, if I was wrong using these terms, then I'm a disgrace! LOL

I don't know how to tally the data, but I believe there were more than a handful.

I got a tally of how many times "Lazlo" and "laszlo" have been used.
According to :

https://ninjastic.space/search?content=Lazlo
Total results: 447 (not including this)

https://ninjastic.space/search?content=laszlo
Total results: 2381 (not including this)

credits:
 Marcel
 TryNinja